Arkady Vyatchanin

Arkady Vyatchanin
Personal information
Full name Arkady Arkadyevich Vyatchanin
Nationality  Russia
 Serbia
Born (1984-04-04) 4 April 1984
Vorkuta, Russian SFSR,
Soviet Union
Height 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke
Club New York Athletic Club

Arkady Arkadyevich Vyatchanin (Russian: Аркадий Аркадьевич Вятча́нин, Serbian Cyrillic: Аркадиј Аркадјевич Вјатчањин; born 4 April 1984) is a Russian-born Serbian backstroke swimmer. Vyatchanin has lived and trained in Taganrog since 1999 and is a student of the South Federal University. Vyatchanin has been a member of the Russian National Team since 2000. In 2015 he started to compete for Serbia.[1]

Change of Nationality and National Team

In 2013 he announced an intention to leave the Russian team and compete for another country saying he gave all he could to team Russia.[2] In January 2015 Serbian swimming federation announced that Vyatchanin is in process of getting Serbian citizenship and that will represent this country in future.[3]

Achievements

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Records
Preceded by
Helge Meeuw
Men's 200 metre backstroke
European record holder (long course)

August 5, 2006 – August 2, 2013
Succeeded by
Radosław Kawęcki
Preceded by
George Du Rand
Men's 200 metre backstroke
world record holder (short course)

November 15, 2009 – November 27, 2015
Succeeded by
Mitch Larkin
Preceded by
Markus Rogan
Men's 200 metre backstroke
European record holder (short course)

November 15, 2009 – present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Aschwin Wildeboer Faber
Men's 100 metre backstroke
world record holder (short course)

December 12, 2009 – December 18, 2009
Succeeded by
Nick Thoman
Preceded by
Aschwin Wildeboer Faber
Men's 100 metre backstroke
European record holder (short course)

December 12, 2009 – December 19, 2010
Succeeded by
Stanislav Donets


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