Artur Valeryevich Dilman (Russian: Артур Валерьевич Дильман; born 29 August 1990) is a Kazakhstani swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and individual medley events.[1] He represented his nation Kazakhstan at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won a career total of six medals (two in each color) in a major international competition, spanning both the indoor and outdoor Asian Games.[2] Dilman also spent his college sports career in the United States as a member of the Drury Panthers swimming and diving team under head coach Brian Reynolds, while pursuing his sports management studies at Drury University in Springfield, Missouri.

Artur Dilman
Personal information
Full nameArtur Valeryevich Dilman
National team Kazakhstan
Born (1990-08-29) 29 August 1990 (age 34)
Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, medley
College teamDrury University (U.S.)
CoachBrian Reynolds (U.S.)
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Kazakhstan
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou 4×100 m medley
Asian Indoor Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Macau 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2009 Hanoi 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2007 Macau 100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2009 Hanoi 100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Macau 200 m medley

Dilman competed for the Kazakh swimming squad in the men's 200 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, he snatched the top spot with a 1:52.42 to clear the invincible FINA B-cut (1:52.53) by 0.11 of a second at the Kazakhstan Open Championships in Almaty.[3] Swimming in heat two, Dilman tried to hold on with Singapore's Bryan Tay and Estonia's Vladimir Sidorkin heading into the 150-metre turn for the top three spots, but faded down the final stretch to finish with a fifth-place time in 1:52.90. Dilman failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-second overall out of fifty-eight swimmers in the prelims.[4]

On 17 June 2012, Dilman ordered a six-month suspension by the Kazakhstan Swimming Federation, after he was tested positive for a banned substance methylhexaneamine, following an in-competition doping test at the ENKA Open in Istanbul.[5][6] On 13 March 2013, Dilman helped out his college team Drury Panthers to claim their ninth consecutive title in the men's freestyle relay at the NCAA Division II Swimming Championships.[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Artur Dilman". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  2. ^ Mariano, Clyde (8 November 2009). "Molina misses bronze medal". Manila Bulletin. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 200m Freestyle" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 15. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Swimming: Men's 200m Freestyle Heat 3". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  5. ^ Keith, Braden (15 August 2012). "2008 Olympian Artur Dilman Gets 6-Month Doping Suspension". Swim Swam. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  6. ^ "Doping Offence – Arthur Dilman (KAZ)". FINA. 17 June 2012. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  7. ^ Basnett, Chris (11 March 2013). "Drury swimmers celebrate twin titles". Springfield News-Leader. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  8. ^ Krzyzanowski, Richie (9 March 2013). "Drury claims team title sweep; two more records fall". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
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