Vladimir Fyodorovich Dyatchin (Russian: Владимир Фёдорович Дятчин) (born 14 October 1982, in Lipetsk) is a Russian long-distance swimmer. He won the 10 km open water at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships despite suffering 10-inch long lacerations on both of sides of his rib cage, caused by a jellyfish sting.[1]

In 2007 he was voted as Swimming World's Open Water Swimmer of the Year.

See also

References

  1. ^ Zarakhovich, Yuri (2008-07-24). "100 Olympic Athletes To Watch". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Archived from the original on July 27, 2008. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
Awards
Preceded by Swimming World Open Water Swimmer of the Year
2007 		Succeeded by


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Dyatchin
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