Impairment Information |
Type of Impairment |
Vision impairment |
Classification |
S13, SB13, SM13 |
Further Personal Information |
Family |
Wife Yekaterina |
Residence |
Shymkent, KAZ |
Occupation |
Athlete, Massage Therapist, Photographer |
Languages |
Russian |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
He took up swimming at age six in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, and began the sport professionally in 2015. |
Why this sport? |
A doctor advised him to begin swimming due to weakness of his lungs. He took up the sport professionally after a coach learned that he had a vision impairment and invited him to join the team. |
Club / Team |
Shymkent Sports Club for the Impaired No.19: Kazakhstan |
Name of coach |
Saniya Asulova [personal], KAZ, from 2015 |
Senior International Debut |
Year |
2015 |
Competing for |
Kazakhstan |
Location |
Poland |
General Interest |
Hobbies |
Playing the guitar, photography, video filming. (Athlete, 19 Aug 2021) |
Memorable sporting achievement |
Competing at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and winning silver in the S13 100m butterfly at the 2017 World Championships in Mexico City, Mexico. (Athlete, 19 Aug 2021) |
Most influential person in career |
His coach Saniya Asulova. (Athlete, 19 Aug 2021) |
Hero / Idol |
US swimmer Michael Phelps. (Athlete, 19 Aug 2021) |
Sporting philosophy / motto |
"Fear not that your life will come to an end, but rather that it shall never have a beginning." [John Henry Newman] (VK profile, 01 May 2016) |
Awards and honours |
He holds the title of Master of Sport of International Class in Kazakhstan. (Athlete, 27 Sep 2017) |
Ambitions |
To win gold medals at the Paralympic Games and the world championships. (Athlete, 19 Aug 2021) |
