Roman Sludnov

Roman Sludnov

File:Roman Sludnov.jpg Roman Sludnov in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Roman Andreyevich Sludnov
Nationality	Russia
Born	(1980-02-04) 4 February 1980 Omsk, Russian SFSR
Height
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Club	SDYuShOR, Omsk
College team	Missouri State Bears (USA)
Coach	Natalia Roshchina (RUS)
Medal record Representing Russia Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 100 m breaststroke World Championships (LC) 2001 Fukuoka 100 m breaststroke 2001 Fukuoka 50 m breaststroke World Championships (SC) 2000 Athens 100 m breaststroke 2000 Athens 200 m breaststroke European Championships (LC) 2002 Berlin 4×100 m medley 2006 Budapest 100 m breaststroke 2006 Budapest 4×100 m medley 2002 Berlin 100 m breaststroke 2010 Budapest 4×100 m medley 2002 Berlin 200 m breaststroke European Championships (SC) 1999 Lisbon 100 m breaststroke 2004 Vienna 100 m breaststroke 2004 Vienna 50 m breaststroke 1999 Lisbon 50 m breaststroke

Roman Andreyevich Sludnov (Russian: Роман Андреевич Слуднов, born 24 February 1980) is a breaststroke swimmer from Russia. He was the first person to swim the long course 100 m breaststroke under one minute. In 2000 he held world records in the long course 100 m and short course 100 m and 200 m. At the 2000 Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the 100 m event.

Biography

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.

In the 2000s Sludnov's brothers were studying in the United States. Roman graduated from the University of Missouri in 2009 with a degree in finances and continues to study and train in Orlando, Florida.

Career

Sludnov was the first person to break the one minute barrier for the long course 100 m breaststroke, clocking a 59.97 at the Russian National Championships and World Championship Trials in Moscow on 29 June 2001. The day before, he beat the world record at 1:00.26. Less than a month later, Sloudnov clocked 59.94 at the 2001 World Championships. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but could not match his bronze medal winning performance from Sydney and finished in sixth place.

He swam for Russia at the:

• Olympics: 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012
• World Championships: 2001, 2007, 2011
• European Championships: 2002, 2006, 2010
• Short Course Worlds: 2000
• Short Course Europeans: 1999, 2004

External links

• Роман СЛУДНОВ: "КОНФЛИКТ С ФЕДЕРАЦИЕЙ СТОИЛ МНЕ НЕСКОЛЬКИХ ПОБЕД И РЕКОРДОВ". sport-express.ru. 31 July 2008

Records
Preceded by Pieter van den Hoogenband	European Swimmer of the Year 2001	Succeeded by Pieter van den Hoogenband