Dmitriy Gordiyenko

Dmitriy Gordiyenko (Kazakh: Дмитрий Гордиенко; born May 20, 1986) is a Kazakh swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events.[1] He represented his nation Kazakhstan at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won a career total of four medals (three golds and one silver) in a major international competition, spanning three editions of the Asian Indoor Games (2005, 2007, and 2009).[2][3]

Dmitriy Gordiyenko
Personal information
Full nameDmitriy Gordiyenko
National team Kazakhstan
Born (1986-05-20) 20 May 1986
Karaganda Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesIndividual medley
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Kazakhstan
Asian Indoor Games
2005 Bangkok 200 m medley
2009 Hanoi 100 m medley
2009 Hanoi 200 m medley
2007 Macau 200 m medley

Gordiyenko competed for the Kazakh squad in a medley double at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing with five days apart from each other. Leading up to the Games, he scored a time of 2:01.49 (200 m individual medley) and 4:27.15 (400 m individual medley), respectively, to take the medley crowns and clear the FINA B-cut each at the Kazakhstan Open Championships in Almaty.[4][5] In the 400 m individual medley, Gordiyenko rallied from fourth towards the freestyle leg in the opening heat to fight off against three fastest swimmers in a sprint challenge, but could not catch the hard-charging Croatian Nikša Roki to finish only with a second-place time and twenty-sixth overall in 4:25.20.[6] Four nights later, in the 200 m individual medley, Gordiyenko touched out Germany's Markus Deibler on the final stretch by nearly half of his body length to save the seventh spot in 2:03.92, but fell short for the semifinals with a thirty-seventh overall placement from the prelims.[7]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dmitriy Gordiyenko". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  2. Mariano, Clyde (8 November 2009). "Molina misses bronze medal". Manila Bulletin. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  3. "Thai humbles Molina in IM". Philippine Star. 8 November 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  4. "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 400m Individual Medley" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 43. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  5. "В сборную Казахстана на Олимпийских играх в Пекине вошли 132 спортсмен" [132 sportsmen will represent Kazakhstan at the Beijing Olympics]. Nomad.su. 16 July 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  6. "Swimming: Men's 400m Individual Medley Heat 1". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  7. "Swimming: Men's 200m Individual Medley Heat 3". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.


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