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 |
Higher education |
South Kazakhstan Institute for Humanities: Shymkent, KAZ |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
He took up swimming in 2002 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 switched to the sport professionally after a coach learned that he had low vision and invited him to join the team. |
Name of coach |
Saniya Asulova [personal], KAZ, from 2015 |
Senior International Debut |
Year |
2015 |
Competing for |
Kazakhstan |
Location |
Poland |
General Interest |
Hobbies |
Music, playing the guitar, photography. (Athlete, 27 Sep 2017; Instagram profile, 19 Dec 2018) |
Memorable sporting achievement |
Competing at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and winning silver in the 100m butterfly S13 at the 2017 World Championships in Mexico City, Mexico. (Athlete, 28 Feb 2019) |
Most influential person in career |
His coach. (Athlete, 27 Sep 2017) |
Hero / Idol |
US swimmer Michael Phelps. (Athlete, 27 Sep 2017) |
Sporting philosophy / motto |
"Don't be afraid that your life must end, be afraid that it never starts." [John 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 medals at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 28 Feb 2019) |
