Dmitriy Gordiyenko (Kazakh: Дмитрий Гордиенко; born May 20, 1986) is a Kazakh swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events.[1] He represented his nation Kazakhstan at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won a career total of four medals (three golds and one silver) in a major international competition, spanning three editions of the Asian Indoor Games (2005, 2007, and 2009).[2][3]
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| Full name | Dmitriy Gordiyenko | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Kazakhstan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 May 1986 Karaganda Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Individual medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gordiyenko competed for the Kazakh squad in a medley double at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing with five days apart from each other. Leading up to the Games, he scored a time of 2:01.49 (200 m individual medley) and 4:27.15 (400 m individual medley), respectively, to take the medley crowns and clear the FINA B-cut each at the Kazakhstan Open Championships in Almaty.[4][5] In the 400 m individual medley, Gordiyenko rallied from fourth towards the freestyle leg in the opening heat to fight off against three fastest swimmers in a sprint challenge, but could not catch the hard-charging Croatian Nikša Roki to finish only with a second-place time and twenty-sixth overall in 4:25.20.[6] Four nights later, in the 200 m individual medley, Gordiyenko touched out Germany's Markus Deibler on the final stretch by nearly half of his body length to save the seventh spot in 2:03.92, but fell short for the semifinals with a thirty-seventh overall placement from the prelims.[7]
References edit
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dmitriy Gordiyenko". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
- ^ Mariano, Clyde (8 November 2009). "Molina misses bronze medal". Manila Bulletin. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
- ^ "Thai humbles Molina in IM". Philippine Star. 8 November 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
- ^ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 400m Individual Medley" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 43. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ "В сборную Казахстана на Олимпийских играх в Пекине вошли 132 спортсмен" [132 sportsmen will represent Kazakhstan at the Beijing Olympics]. Nomad.su. 16 July 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ "Swimming: Men's 400m Individual Medley Heat 1". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
- ^ "Swimming: Men's 200m Individual Medley Heat 3". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
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