Daniil Pavlovich Pakhomov (); born 5 August 1998) is a Russian

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. He won four gold medals in (200 m, 100 m butterfly, 4 × 100 m medley and 4 × 100 m mixed medley) and breaking a new Junior World record in 100m butterfly at the

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Career

In June 2015, 16-year-old Pakhomov was selected to compete at the inaugural

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, Pakhomov won four gold medals, in (200m, 100 m butterfly), in 4 × 100 m mixed medley (with

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, Arina Openysheva and Maria Kameneva at a time of 3:49.53) and in 4 × 100 m medley (with

, Vladislav Kozlov and Filipp Shopin touching in at 3:36.38), a new junior world record breaking the previous record held by Russia in 3:38.02 at the 2014 Youth Olympics. Pakhomov also broke a new junior world record in 100m butterfly. On August 2–9, Pakhomov appeared in his first seniors at the 2015 World Championships in

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, competing with Russian Team in 4 × 100 m mixed medley (with Yulia Efimova, Vladimir Morozov, and Anastasia Fesikova) where they finished 5th and in men's 4 × 100 m medley (with Kirill Prigoda,

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, and Vladimir Morozov) also finishing 5th in the finals. On August 25–30, Pakhomov then competed at the 2015 World Junior Championships in

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, he took individual medals winning gold in men's 100 m butterfly (52.28, a meet record), silver in 200 m butterfly and bronze in 50 m butterfly. In Team events, Pakhomov also competed in 4 × 100 m mixed medley (with

, Irina Pridhoko and Arina Openysheva) were Russia threw in a new Junior World record touching in at 3:45.85 and in men's 4x100 medley (with

, Vladislav Kozlov, Roman Larin, touching in 3:36.44), taking a meets record.

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Daniil Pakhomov Sports bio
1998 births Living people Sportspeople from Arkhangelsk Russian male butterfly swimmers Russian male medley swimmers 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 European Games bronze medalists for Russia Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Military World Games gold medalists for Russia Military World Games medalists in swimming Military World Games bronze medalists for Russia 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub