Nikita Yurievich Konovalov (Russian: Никита Юрьевич Коновалов; born 27 July 1988) is a Russian swimmer who has won more than ten medals at the European and world championships since 2009.[2]

Nikita Konovalov
Konovalov at the 2015 Military World Games
Personal information
Born (1988-07-27) 27 July 1988 (age 35)
Omsk, Soviet Union
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Representing  Russia
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place 2009 Rome 4×100 m freestyle[1]
World Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 2010 Dubai 4×100 m medley[1]
Silver medal – second place 2010 Dubai 4×100 m freestyle[1]
Gold medal – first place 2014 Doha 4×50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2014 Doha 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2014 Doha 4×50 m mixed free
European Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Debrecen 4×100 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 2011 Szczecin 4×50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Herning 4×50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2015 Netanya 4×50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2015 Netanya 4×50 m medley[1]
Silver medal – second place 2015 Netanya 4×50 m mixed freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Netanya 100 m butterfly
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kazan 4×100 m medley
Military World Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Mungyeong 50 m butterfly

Konovalov was addicted to computer games, and because of that around 2006 he was skipping school and training sessions for many months. He has a tattoo covering his chest and arms, which is dedicated to Illidan Stormrage, a character in the Warcraft series of video games.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Took part in preliminaries only
  2. ^ a b Никита Коновалов. Russian Swimming Federation.