Career Highlights

Four-time World champion… Won gold in the inaugural free mixed duet event in 2015, and silver in the technical…Repeated these results at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest…Won both gold medals in the 2019 edition, finally becoming a world champion in the technical event…Four-time European champion…Pioneer for the inclusion of men in the sport in Russia.

2019:  Won gold at the 2019 FINA World Championships in the technical and free mixed duet events….Finally became a world champion in the technical event…Also competed extensively through the world series circuit and won every single event (technical and free mixed duets) entered – Kazan, Tokyo, Beijing, Barcelona and the Super Final in Budapest.

2018: Earned two gold medals at the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow, Scotland in the technical and free mixed duet events… Won gold in the free mixed duet at the Hellas Beetles Cup and at the French Open…Seventh at the French Open in free solo.

2017:  World champion in free mixed duet, and silver medalist in the technical mixed duet in Budapest, Hungary… Named FINA’s Best Male Artistic Swimmer for the second time.

2016: Won two golds at the European Championships in technical and free mixed duet.

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