Anton Mikhailovich Chupkov (; born 22 February 1997) is a retired Russian competitive swimmer. He is the European record holder in the long course 200 metre breaststroke and the Russian record holder in the long course 100 metre breaststroke. He formerly held the

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in the

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200 metre breaststroke. At the 2015 European Games he won four gold medals in individual and relay events. He won the bronze medal in the 200 metre breaststroke at the

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. He won the gold medal in the 200 metre breaststroke at the

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and

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Background

Chupkov trains at the Sports School of Olympic Reserve "Youth of Moscow" for swimming. He has been member of the Russian Federation youth national team in swimming since 2013. Chupkov swam distances of 100 metre and 200 metre breaststroke in 2014.

Career

2013

In 2013, Chupkov competed at the 2013 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival taking the gold medal in 200 metre breaststroke and the silver medal in the 100 metre breaststroke.

2014

In 2014, Chupkov competed at the 2014 European Junior Championships winning two bronze medals, one in the 50 metre breaststroke and one in the 100 metre breaststroke, a silver medal in the 200 metre breaststroke, and he won gold medals as part of the Russian team in 4×100 metre medley relay and the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay. From 17 to 22 August, Chupkov competed at the 2014 Youth Olympics in

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, where he won five medals including gold medals in 100 metre breaststroke and 4×100 metre medley relay."Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games: Official Results Book Swimming"
'' Omega Timing''; ''

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''. Version 2.0. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2022.

2015

On 20 April 2015, when he was 18 years old, Chupkov won the gold medal and became the Russian champion in the 200 metre breaststroke. He also competed in the 50 metre and 100 metre breaststroke.

2015 European Games

In June 2015 at the inaugural 2015 European Games in

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Chupkov won four gold medals, in the 200 metre breaststroke, the 100 metre breaststroke, the 4×100 metre medley relay (with Daniil Pakhomov, Vladislav Kozlov and Filipp Shopin touching in 3:36.38) in a new world junior record and breaking the previous record held by

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at 3:38.02 from the 2014 Youth Olympics, and the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay (with Daniil Pakhomov, Arina Openysheva and Maria Kameneva at a time of 3:49.53). Chupkov broke two world junior records including a previous record set by himself at the 2014 Youth Olympics. He was selected as the Russian athlete to serve as flag bearer for and carry the flag of Russia at the closing ceremony of the Games.

World Championships

Chupkov appeared in his first senior Worlds at the 2015 World Championships in

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, where he qualified in the 200 metre breaststroke final finishing in 7th place in a time of 2:09.96, after previously setting a world junior record in the semifinals in a time of 2:09.64.

World Junior Championships

Chupkov also competed at the 2015 World Junior Championships in

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; he won gold medals in two individual events, the 100 metre breaststroke (1:00.19) and the 200 metre breaststroke (2:10.19, a meet record), and finished 7th in the 50 metre breaststroke final. In relay events, Chupkov competed in the 4×100 metre mixed medley (with Daniil Pakhomov, Irina Pridhoko and Arina Openysheva), where Russia set a new world junior record at 3:45.85, and in the 4×100 metre medley (with Daniil Pakhomov, Vladislav Kozlov, Roman Larin, finishing in 3:36.44), setting a new championships record.

2016

In June 2016 as part of the

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stop in Canet-en-Roussillon,

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, Chupkov broke the Russian record of 2:08.62 set in 2013 by Vyacheslav Sinkevich in the 200 metre breaststroke with a time of 2:08.53.Keith, Braden (9 June 2016)
"19-Year Old Anton Chupkov Breaks Russian Record In 200 Breast"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

2016 Summer Olympics

At the

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, Chupkov won his first

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, the bronze medal in the 200 metre breaststroke with a time of 2:07.70.Lepekha, Ulyana (14 January 2021)
"Anton Chupkov: "If I am nervous it means I am ready""
'' Olympics.com''. Retrieved 31 December 2021. In the prelims heats of the 200 metre breaststroke, Chupkov set a new Russian record with a time of 2:07.93, which lowered the former record by over six-tenths of a second.Anderson, Jared (9 August 2016)
"19-Year-Old Anton Chupkov Lowers Russian 200 Breast Record In Rio Heat"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 1 January 2022. Chupkov swam a new Russian record of 2:07.70 in the final on 10 August to win the bronze medal, finishing after gold medalist Dmitriy Balandin of

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and silver medalist Josh Prenot of the

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.Allen, Scott (10 August 2016)
"American Josh Prenot takes silver in 200-meter breaststroke"
''

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''. Retrieved 1 January 2022.Sutherland, James (18 June 2017)
"Anton Chupkov Lowers Russian Record In 200 Breast At Mare Nostrum"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

2017

For the stop of the 2017 Mare Nostrum held in

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, Chupkov set a new Russian record in the long course 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 59.39 seconds on 13 June.Pimer, Diana (13 June 2017)
"Yulia Efimova Scares 200 Breast World Record at Mare Nostrum Barcelona"
''

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''. Retrieved 1 January 2022.Ortegon, Karl (24 July 2017)
"Kirill Prigoda Lowers Russian 100 Breast Record With Bronze Medal"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 1 January 2022. On 18 June, at the stop in Canet-en-Roussillon, France, Chupkov lowered the Russian record in the 200 metre breaststroke to a 2:07.46."Meeting International de Canet-en-Roussillon - 50 m: Résultats 200 Brasse Messieurs"
(in French). '' French Swimming Federation''. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2022.Sica, James (20 June 2017)
"LumaLanes Performance of the Week: Chupkov Makes a Move in the 200 Breast"
''

''. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

World Championships

In July 2017, at the

2017 World Aquatics Championships The 17th FINA World Championships () were held in Budapest, Hungary from 14 to 30 July 2017.

held at

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, Chupkov started his competition in the prelims heats of the 200 metre breaststroke where he qualified for the semifinals ranking first with a 2:08.23 on 27 July.

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(27 July 2017)
"17th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 200m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 1 January 2022. Following up his prelims heats performance in the evening semifinals, Chupkov set a new Championships record, European record, and Russian record in the 200 metre breaststroke with a time of 2:07.14.

(27 July 2017)
"17th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 200m Breaststroke Semifinals Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 1 January 2022. In the final of the 200 metre breaststroke the next day, 28 July, Chupkov won the gold medal in a time of 2:06.96, lowering the previous Championships, European, and Russian records he had set in the semifinals and finishing over three-tenths of a second ahead of silver medalist Yasuhiro Koseki of

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and over half a second ahead of bronze medalist Ippei Watanabe of Japan.

(28 July 2017)
"17th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 1 January 2022."Chupkov breaks own World Championships record in men's 200m breast final"
'' EFE''. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2022. On the final day of competition, 30 July, Chupkov won a bronze medal for his contributions as part of the 4×100 metre medley relay, splitting a 59.06 for the breaststroke leg of the relay in the prelims heats.

(30 July 2017)
"17th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Results Book"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

2018

European Aquatics Championships

At the 2018 European Aquatics Championships in

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, Chupkov won the bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke with a 59.06, finishing behind gold medalist Adam Peaty of

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and silver medalist

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of Great Britain. LEN (4 August 2018)
"2018 LEN European Aquatics Championships Swimming: Results 100m Breaststroke Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 1 January 2022. In the 200 metre breaststroke, Chupkov won the gold medal with a time of 2:06.80 and set new Championships, European, and Russian records in the event. LEN (6 August 2018)
"2018 LEN European Aquatics Championships Swimming: Results 200m Breaststroke Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 1 January 2022. For the 4×100 metre medley relay, Chupkov split a 1:00.40 on the breaststroke leg of the relay in the final to help win the silver medal in a time of 3:32.03. LEN (9 August 2018)
"2018 LEN European Aquatics Championships Swimming: Results 4 x 100m Medley Relay Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

2019

World Championships

Chupkov won the world title in the 200 metre breaststroke at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in

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, marking the second time in a row he won the world title in the event after first winning the title in 2017."Anton Chupkov sets world record in men's 200 breaststroke"
''

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''. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2021. In the prelims heats of the 200 metre breaststroke, he qualified for the semifinals ranking second behind first-ranked Matthew Wilson of

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and ahead of third-ranked Marco Koch of

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with a time of 2:08.22.

(25 July 2019)
"18th FINA World Championships Gwangju (KOR): Men's 200m Breaststroke Preliminary Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 31 December 2021. Later the same day Chupkov ranked second in the semifinals, swimming a time of 2:06.83.

(25 July 2019)
"18th FINA World Championships Gwangju (KOR): Men's 200m Breaststroke Semifinal Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 31 December 2021. In the final of the 200 metre breaststroke the following day, Chupkov won the gold medal and the world title in a new

time of 2:06.12, which lowered the previous record of 2:06.67 by over half a second.

(26 July 2019)
"18th FINA World Championships Gwangju (KOR): Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 31 December 2021."World Swimming Championships: Chupkov 'destroys' 200m breaststroke World Record"
''

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''. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2021.Rutherford, Peter (26 July 2019)
"Russian Chupkov sets world record in men's 200m breaststroke final"
''

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''. Retrieved 31 December 2021. Chupkov won his second medal of the Championships in the 4×100 metre medley relay, where he won a bronze medal for his prelims efforts swimming the breaststroke leg of the relay in 58.90 seconds when the finals relay placed third in 3:28.81.

(28 July 2019)
"18th FINA World Championships Gwangju (KOR): Results Book"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

International Swimming League

In the autumn of 2019 Chupkov was a member of the

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swimming for the Energy Standard Swim Club. He won the 200 metre breaststroke at the matches held in

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, United States on 5 and 6 October and in

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on 23 and 24 November.

2019 Military World Games

At the 2019 Military World Games in

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, China in mid-October 2019, Chupkov won his first medal in the 100 metre breaststroke, swimming a time of 59.17 seconds to win the gold medal and finish 0.10 seconds ahead of silver medalist Yan Zibei of China.Race, Retta (19 October 2019)
"Wang Jianjiahe Hits 4:04 400 Free To Open Military World Games"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 28 January 2022. Chupkov also won the gold medal in the 200 metre breaststroke, finishing in 2:07.95 and over half a second ahead of the silver medalist in the event, Qin Haiyang of China.Race, Retta (22 October 2019)
"Anton Chupkov Clocks 2:07.95 200 Breast On Military Games Day 4"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 28 January 2022.Lord, Craig (22 October 2019)
"Chupkov Refuses To Yield To Qin In 200 Battle – & Stravius Races His Last 50 Back In Wuhan"
''

''. Retrieved 28 January 2022. On the breaststroke leg of the 4×100 metre medley relay, Chupkov split a 58.72 to help win the silver medal in a final time of 3:33.57.

Swimming World Cup

At the 2019 FINA Swimming World Cup stop in

in November and conducted in long course metres, Chupkov broke the Russian record of 59.05 set by Kirill Prigoda in the 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 58.94 seconds and won the gold medal in the event, finishing four-hundredths of a second ahead of silver medalist Arno Kamminga of the

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(1 November 2019)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2019 Kazan (RUS): Men's 100m Breaststroke Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 1 January 2022.Race, Retta (1 November 2019)
"Chupkov Takes Down Prigoda's Russian Record, Clocks 58.94 100 Breast"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

2020

International Swimming League

In the spring of 2020, Chupkov signed on to compete for the

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, the first Canadian based professional swim team in the ISL, in their inaugural season, the 2020 International Swimming League.

2020 Russian Championships

At the 2020 Russian Championships in October, Chupkov set a new Russian record in the long course 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 58.83 seconds, which broke the former record of 58.94 seconds he set at the 2019 FINA Swimming World Cup."Anton Chupkov: Results"
''

''. Retrieved 31 December 2021.Byrnes, Liz (26 October 2020)
"Chupkov Lowers 100 Breaststroke Record; New 200IM Mark For Borodin At Russian Championships"
''

''. Retrieved 31 December 2021.Race, Retta (26 October 2020)
"Chupkov Clips Own Russian Record In LCM 100 Breast – 58.83"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

2021

European Aquatics Championships

At the 2020 European Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, Hungary in May 2021, Chupkov placed tenth in the semifinals of the 100 metre breaststroke on 17 May with a time of 59.49 seconds. LEN (17 May 2021)
"2020 LEN European Aquatics Championships Swimming: Results 100m Breaststroke Men Semi-Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 1 January 2022. In the 200 metre breaststroke final on 20 May, Chupkov won the gold medal with a time of 2:06.99, which made him the only medalist to swim the race in less than 2:07.00. LEN (20 May 2021)
"2020 LEN European Aquatics Championships Swimming: Results 200m Breaststroke Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 1 January 2022. He also won a silver medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay, contributing a split of 58.94 seconds for the breaststroke leg of the relay in the prelims heats before Kirill Prigoda substituted in for Chupkov in the final. LEN (23 May 2021)
"2020 LEN European Aquatics Championships Swimming: Results Book"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

2020 Summer Olympics

In July and August 2021 at the

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held in

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and postponed to 2021 due to the

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, Chupkov placed fourth in the 200 metre breaststroke final with a time of 2:07.24, fourth in the 4×100 metre medley relay swimming the breaststroke leg of the relay in 59.55 in the prelims heats, and 16th in the 100 metre breaststroke with a 59.93 in the semifinals. Omega Timing;

(1 August 2021)
"Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Swimming Results Book"
. ''

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''. Retrieved 31 December 2021. Along with all other Russian competitors at the Games in all sports, he was required to compete under the name Russian Olympic Committee with outfits and a song chosen by the

in place of their country name, outfits, flag and anthem, all as part of a

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ban against such items for Russians at World Championships between 17 December 2020 and 16 December 2022.Dunbar, Graham (17 December 2020)
"Russia can't use its name and flag at the next 2 Olympics"
'' The Associated Press''. Retrieved 6 November 2022.Wamsley, Laurel; Kennedy, Merrit (17 December 2020)
"Russia Gets Its Doping Ban Reduced But Will Miss Next 2 Olympics"
'' NPR''. Retrieved 6 November 2022.Grohmann, Karolos (19 February 2021)
"Olympics: Russia to compete under ROC acronym in Tokyo as part of doping sanctions"
''

''. Retrieved 6 November 2022. The Associated Press (14 April 2021)
"No flag allowed, but Russian colors plastered on uniforms for Tokyo Olympics"
'' CBC.ca''. Retrieved 6 November 2022.OlympicTalk (22 April 2021)
"Tchaikovsky music replaces Russia anthem at Olympics in Tokyo, Beijing"
''

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''. Retrieved 6 November 2022.

Swimming World Cup

In October 2021, Chupkov competed in the third 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup stop, which was held in

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, where he won the bronze medal in the short course 100 metre breaststroke with a 57.56, placed sixth in the 50 metre breaststroke with a 26.90, and won the bronze medal in the 200 metre breaststroke with a 2:03.08.

(23 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Doha (QAT): Results Book"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 31 December 2021. Later in the month he also competed in the fourth and final World Cup stop, held at the Palace of Water Sports in Kazan, winning the bronze medal in the 200 metre breaststroke in 2:02.71, the bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke with a 57.30, and placing 14th in the 50 metre breaststroke with a time of 27.06 seconds.

(30 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Kazan (RUS): Results Book"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 31 December 2021. Ranked across all four stops of the World Cup circuit for his performances, Chupkov came in at number 22 overall amongst all male competitors in terms of total number of points scored and ranked as the second-highest scoring male competitor representing Russia behind Vladimir Morozov."FINA Swimming World Cup 2021: Men Individual Ranking 2021"
''

''. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

Vladimir Salnikov Cup

At the 2021 Vladimir Salnikov Cup in December, Chupkov won the short course 200 metre breaststroke with a time of 2:03.67.Race, Retta (28 December 2021)
"Chupkov Takes 200 Breast At 2021 Vladimir Salnikov Cup"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 31 December 2021.Rieder, David (31 December 2021)
"Mark Nikolaev Blasts Impressive Backstroke Times at Salnikov Cup; Anton Chupkov Wins 200 Breast"
''

''. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

2022–2023: Double ban for being Russian

In March 2022, following the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...

the month before, Chupkov and his fellow Russians were banned from all LEN competitions indefinitely."LEN agrees not to invite Russian and Belarusian teams and supports Ukrainian athletes"
. '' LEN''. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022. The next month, he and the fellow Russians were further banned, this time by

from all of their competitions through the end of 2022.Koos, Torin (21 April 2022)
"PRESS RELEASE , FINA Bureau meets, acknowledges decision to suspend Russian swimmer Evgeny Rylov"
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''. Retrieved 31 October 2022. These bans prevented him from regaining his world record in the long course 200 metre breaststroke the same year, at the

2022 World Aquatics Championships The 2022 World Aquatics Championships, the 19th edition of the FINA World Aquatics Championships, were held in Budapest, Hungary, from 17 June to 3 July 2022. These championships included five disciplines, with high diving not staged for this edi ...

or the

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, after it was broken in May 2022 by Zac Stubblety-Cook of Australia. The Associated Press (19 May 2022)
"Australia's Stubblety-Cook smashes men's 200m breaststroke world record"
'' CBC.ca''. Retrieved 6 November 2022. Additionally, times swum at other competitions were banned from counting towards world rankings and world and European records, so even if he had achieved a new world record time it would not have counted as a new world record.Keith, Braden (23 April 2022)
"Russia Confirms that Suspended Rylov Will Be Allowed at Russian Championships"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 6 November 2022. The FINA (since rebranded as World Aquatics) ban was back-actingly extended in April 2023."PRESS RELEASE , World Aquatics Bureau meets, discusses the status of athletes from Russia and Belarus"
'' World Aquatics''. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.

International championships (50 m)

: Chupkov swam only in the preliminaries.

International championships (25 m)

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Swimming World Cup circuits

The following medals Chupkov has won at Swimming World Cup circuits."Anton Chupkov: Medals"
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''. Retrieved 10 July 2022.

World records

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Continental and national records

Long course metres (50 m pool)

References

External links

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Anton Chupkov
at russwimming.ru * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chupkov, Anton 1997 births Living people Russian male breaststroke swimmers Russian male medley swimmers Swimmers from Moscow Olympic swimmers for Russia Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics European Games gold medalists for Russia European Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2015 European Games Swimmers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Youth Olympic gold medalists for Russia Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Russian sportsmen Military World Games gold medalists for Russia Military World Games medalists in swimming

Background

Career

2013

2014

2015

2015 European Games

World Championships

World Junior Championships

2016

2016 Summer Olympics

2017

World Championships

2018

European Aquatics Championships

2019

World Championships

International Swimming League

2019 Military World Games

Swimming World Cup

2020

International Swimming League

2020 Russian Championships

2021

European Aquatics Championships

2020 Summer Olympics

Swimming World Cup

Vladimir Salnikov Cup

2022–2023: Double ban for being Russian

International championships (50 m)

International championships (25 m)

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Swimming World Cup circuits

World records

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Continental and national records

Long course metres (50 m pool)

See also

References

External links