Deniz Nazar Explained

Deniz Nazar
Fullname:Dmytro Valeriyovych Nazarenko
National Team:
Strokes:Individual medley
Club:Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü (TUR)
Coach:Oleksandr Yaremenko (UKR)
Birth Date:19 August 1980
Birth Place:Rivne, Ukrainian SSR,
Soviet Union
Height:1.930NaN0
Weight:890NaN0
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Dmytro Valeriyovych Nazarenko (also Deniz Nazar, Ukrainian: Дмитро Валерійович Назаренко; born August 19, 1980) is a Ukrainian-born Turkish former swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events.[1] He is a fifth-place finalist in the 400 m individual medley at the 2002 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Riesa, Germany (4:12.07).[2]

Nazar made his first Ukrainian team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Swimming in heat three of the men's 400 m individual medley, he edged out Slovenia's Marko Milenkovič to take a fifth seed and twenty-eighth overall by a 1.36-second margin in 4:25.26.[3]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Nazar placed twenty-sixth overall in the 400 m individual medley. Swimming in heat four on the morning prelims, Nazar saved a seventh spot and twenty-sixth overall against China's Liu Weijia, who finished behind him by less than 0.13 of a second, with a time of 4:26.15.[4] [5]

Eight years later, Nazar had approved a nationality transfer by FINA to compete for the Turkish team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, under a new name Deniz Nazar.[6] He achieved a FINA B-standard entry time of 4:26.64 from the Croatian Open Championships in Dubrovnik.[7] For his third time in the 400 m individual medley, Nazar challenged five other swimmers in heat one, including two-time Olympians Vasilii Danilov of Kyrgyzstan and Hocine Haciane of Andorra. He touched out Haciane to take a fourth spot by a 1.20-second margin with a time of 4:30.80. Nazar failed to qualify for the final, as he placed twenty-eighth overall on the first night of preliminaries.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Deniz Nazar. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418001719/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/na/deniz-nazar-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 1 December 2012.
  2. News: Risztov Sets European Record in the 800, Rupprath Wins Two at Euro Champs . https://archive.today/20130411214526/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/4620.asp . dead . 11 April 2013 . . 13 December 2002 . 25 April 2013 .
  3. Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Heat 3 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . dead . 19 August 2011 . . . . 316 . 26 March 2013 .
  4. Web site: Men's 400m Individual Medley Heat 4. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. 31 January 2013.
  5. News: Thomas . Stephen . Men's 400 IM Prelims: Phelps Cruises to 4:13.29 and Lane 4 for Final. Vendt Qualifies Sixth . . 14 August 2004 . 19 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131105173559/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7783.asp . 5 November 2013 .
  6. News: "Yeni Türkler" Pekin"de madalya arayacak. "New Turks" at Beijing in the search for medals. Turkish. Radikal. 31 July 2008. 27 April 2013.
  7. Web site: Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 400m Individual Medley. PDF. 43. Swimming World Magazine. 10 April 2013.
  8. Web site: Men's 400m Individual Medley Heat 1 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120517044955/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWM054900/index.html . dead . 17 May 2012 . . . 1 December 2012 .