Arkady Vyatchanin

Arkady Vyatchanin

Personal information
Full name	Arkady Arkadyevich Vyatchanin
Nationality	Russia  Serbia
Born	(1984-04-04) 4 April 1984 (age 32) Vorkuta, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke
Club	New York Athletic Club
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  Russia Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 100 m backstroke 2008 Beijing 200 m backstroke World Championships (LC) 2003 Barcelona 100 m backstroke 2003 Barcelona 4×100 m medley 2005 Montreal 4×100 m medley 2007 Melbourne 4×100 m medley World Championships (SC) 2004 Indianapolis 200 m backstroke 2004 Indianapolis 4×100 m medley European Championships (LC) 2006 Budapest 100 m backstroke 2006 Budapest 200 m backstroke 2006 Budapest 4×100 m medley 2008 Eindhoven 4×100 m medley 2008 Eindhoven 200 m backstroke 2008 Eindhoven 100 m backstroke European Championships (SC) 2009 Istanbul 100 m backstroke 2006 Helsinki 100 m backstroke 2006 Helsinki 200 m backstroke 2005 Trieste 50 m backstroke 2005 Trieste 100 m backstroke 2005 Trieste 200 m backstroke

Arkady Arkadyevich Vyatchanin (Russian: Аркадий Аркадьевич Вятча́нин, Serbian Cyrillic: Аркадиј Аркадјевич Вјатчањин; born 4 April 1984) is a Russian-born Serbian backstroke swimmer. Vyatchanin has lived and trained in Taganrog since 1999 and is a student of the South Federal University. Vyatchanin has been a member of the Russian National Team since 2000. In 2015 he started to compete for Serbia.

In 2013 he announced an intention to leave the Russian team and compete for another country saying he gave all he could to team Russia. In January 2015 Serbian swimming federation announced that Vyatchanin is in process of getting Serbian citizenship and that will represent this country in future.

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