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| Full name | Roman Andreyevich Sludnov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1980-02-04)4 February 1980 (age 45) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SDYuShOR,Omsk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Missouri State Bears USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Natalia RoshchinaRUS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Roman Andreyevich Sludnov (Russian:Роман Андреевич Слуднов, born 24 February 1980) is abreaststroke swimmer from Russia. He was the first person to swim thelong course 100 m breaststroke under one minute. In 2000 he held world records in thelong course 100 m andshort course 100 m and 200 m. At the2000 Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the 100 m event.[1]
Sludnov has a younger brother Artyom (born 1981) who won a national title in breaststroke in 1999. His parents, Natalia Roshchina and Andrei Sludnov, are elite swimming coaches and were taking both sons to their training sessions since early age. Sludnov learned to swim aged four, started training at seven, won his first title aged fourteen, and by 1997 was selected to the national team.[2][3]
In the 2000s Sludnov's brothers were studying in the United States. Roman graduated from theUniversity of Missouri in 2009 with a degree in finances and continues to study and train inOrlando, Florida.[2][3]
Sludnov was the first person to break the one minute barrier for thelong course 100 m breaststroke, clocking a 59.97 at the Russian National Championships and World Championship Trials inMoscow on 29 June 2001. The day before, he beat the world record at 1:00.26. Less than a month later, Sludnov clocked 59.94 at the2001 World Championships. He competed at the2008 Summer Olympics, but could not match his bronze medal-winning performance from Sydney and finished in sixth place.[1]
He swam for Russia at the:[2]
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| Preceded by | European Swimmer of the Year 2001 | Succeeded by |
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