Denis Pankratov
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Denis Pankratov (Russian: Денис Панкратов; born 4 July 1974) is a retired Russian butterfly swimmer of the 1990s, who was best known for winning the butterfly double at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States in a unique style. His 100 m butterfly triumph is particularly remembered for his swimming over 25 m of the first lap underwater and then 15 m in the opposite direction, also underwater. He trained at the Volgograd club with fellow individual gold medallist at Swimming World World Swimmer of the Year Yevgeny Sadovyi.
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Full name | Денис Панкратов | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1974-07-04) 4 July 1974 (age 49) Volgograd, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Central Sport Klub Army, Volgograd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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