Sergey Bolshakov
Sergey Bolshakov (born 1988) is a world-class open water swimmer and Olympic competitive swimmer from Russia. He participated in the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China finishing third in the 10 km where he qualified for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in the 2012 London Olympics.
He finished sixth in the Olympic 10km Marathon Swim held in the Serpentine at the 2012 London Olympics and is coached by Dmitry Belov.
International Career
- 5th place at the 2011 World Swimming Championships in the 5 km Team Trial
- 6th place at the 2011 World Swimming Championships in the 5 km
- Bronze medal at the 2011 World Swimming Championships in the 10 km
- 18th place at the 2009 World Swimming Championships in the 10 km
- Gold medal at the 2012 European Open Water Swimming Cup Eilat, Israel in 10 km
- He competed in the 25 km marathon swim at the 2017 FINA World Swimming Championships in Lake Balaton, Hungary
- On 7 August 2018, he finished 16th in the 5 km European Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.
2012 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Results
1. Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia - 1:49:55.1
2. Thomas Lurz of Germany - 1:49:58.5
3. Richard Weinberger of Canada - 1:50:00.3
4. Spyridon Gianniotis of Greece - 1:50:05.3
5. Daniel Fogg of Great Britain - 1:50:37.3
6. Sergey Bolshakov of Russia - 1:50:40.1
7. Vladimir Dyatchin of Russia - 1:50:42.8
8. Andreas Waschburger of Germany - 1:50:44.4
9. Petar Stoychev of Bulgaria - 1:50:46.2
10. Alex Meyer of the USA - 1:50:48.2
11. Julien Sauvage of France - 1:50:51.3
12. Troyden Prinsloo of South Africa - 1:50:52.9
13. Erwin Maldonado of Venezuela - 1:50:52.9
14. Igor Chervynskiy of Ukraine - 1:50:56.9
15. Yasunari Hirai of Japan - 1:51:20.1
16. Brian Ryckeman of Belgium - 1:51:27.1
17. Valerio Cleri of Italy - 1:51:29.5
18. Csaba Gercsak of Hungary - 1:51:30.9
19. Arseniy Lavrentyev of Portugal - 1:51:37.2
20. Ky Hurst of Australia - 1:51:41.3
21. Ivan Enderica Ochoa of Ecuador - 1:52:28.6
22. Yuriy Kudinov of Kazakhstan - 1:52:59.0
23. Francisco Jose Hervas of Spain - 1:53:27.8
24. Mazen Aziz Metwaly of Egypt - 1:54:33.2
25. Benjamin Schulte of Guam - 2:03:35.1
External links
- Natalia Chuich And The Wake Of Many Great Russian Swimmers
- 2012 Olympic Marathon Swimming 10km Coverage
- 2012 Olympic Marathon Swimming - Male Medal Contenders
- Sergey Bolshakov In Hot Water
- Bronze Medalist Sergey Bolshakov
- Sergey Bolshakov in Team Pursuit 5km Race at 2011 World Swimming Championships
- 2012 London Olympics - The Men of Open Water Swimming
- 34 Countries on 5 Continents in London Olympics
- 2012 London Olympics Men Of Open Water
- Mano-a-Man In The 5K - Thomas Lurz vs. Oussama Mellouli
- World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Marathon Swimming
- Open Water Swimming
