Ilya Shymanovich

Ilya Syarheyevich Shymanovich ( be, Ілья Сяргеевіч Шымановіч; born 2 August 1994) is a Belarusian swimmer. He is the world record holder in the short course 100 metre breaststroke and a former world record holder in the short course 50 metre breaststroke. At the 2018 World Championships he won two silver medals, one each in the 100 metre breaststroke and the 50 metre breaststroke. He won two gold medals, one in the 50 metre breaststroke and one in the 200 metre breaststroke, and a silver medal, in the 100 metre breaststroke, at the 2021 European Short Course Championships. At the 2021 World Short Course Championships he won the gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke.

Career

2017 World Championships

At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Shymanovich competed in the men's 50 metre breaststroke event.

2018 World Championships

Competing on the global level at the 2018 World Short Course Championships in Hangzhou, China, Shymanovich won his first medal of the meet in the 100 metre breaststroke, finishing in a time of 56.10 seconds that was nine hundredths of a second behind the gold medalist and then-world-record-holder in the event Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa to earn the silver medal. FINA (12 December 2018)
"14th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Hangzhou (CHN): Men's 100m Breaststroke Final Results"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 7 November 2021. In his next individual event, the 200 metre breaststroke, Shymanovich placed twelfth overall with a time of 2:04.85 in the prelims heats, which did not advance him to the final. FINA (13 December 2018)
"14th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Hangzhou (CHN): Men's 200m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 7 November 2021. For his final individual event, the 50 metre breaststroke, Shymanovich once again won the silver medal, placing second with a time of 25.77 seconds only behind Cameron van der Burgh. FINA (16 December 2018)
"14th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Hangzhou (CHN): Men's 50m Breaststroke Final Results"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

2020 Belarus National Championships

In December 2020, at the short course Belarus National Championships in Brest, Shymanovich swam a world record time of 55.34 seconds in the 100 metre breaststroke, breaking the world record of 55.41 seconds set by Adam Peaty of Great Britain approximately one month earlier.Ross, Andy (19 December 2020)
"FLASH! Ilya Shymanovich Lowers Peaty's SCM 100 Breaststroke World Record"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved 7 November 2021.Sutherland, James (19 December 2020)
"Ilya Shymanovich Shatters Peaty's SCM 100 Breast World Record In 55.34"
''SwimSwam''. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

2020 European Championships

At the 2020 European Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, Hungary in May 2021 and conducted in long course metres, Shymanovich competed in the 50 metre breaststroke winning the silver medal in the event with a time of 26.55 seconds, which was less than four tenths of a second behind the gold medalist in the event, Adam Peaty of Great Britain.LEN (22 May 2021)
"European Aquatics Championships Budapest - Hungary 2020: Results 50m Breaststroke Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

2021 European Short Course Championships

Shymanovich won the gold medal and tied the world record of 25.25 seconds in the 50 metre breaststroke, set in 2009 by Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa, on the last day of the 2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships, held at the Palace of Water Sports in Kazan, Russia in November.LEN (7 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 50m Breaststroke Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 7 November 2021.Byrnes, Liz (7 November 2021)
"FLASH! Ilya Shymanovich Matches 50 Breaststroke Short-Course WR In 25.25"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved 7 November 2021.Edmund, Emma (7 November 2021)
"Ilya Shymanovich Ties 50 Breast World Record"
''SwimSwam''. Retrieved 7 November 2021. His time of 25.25 seconds also set a new European record, Belarusian record, and Championships record in the event. He backed up his world record in the 50 metre breaststroke on the finals relay in the mixed 4x50 metre medley relay, where he swam the fastest 50 metre breaststroke relay split in history with a time of 24.72 seconds and helped the relay place fifth overall.LEN (7 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 4 x 50m Medley Mixed Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 7 November 2021.Hamann, Michael (7 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Championships: Day 6 Finals Live Recap"
''SwimSwam''. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

Earlier in the Championships meet and leading up to his world record, Shymanovich set a new Championships record in the 100 metre breaststroke in the semifinals with a time of 55.45 seconds that advanced him to the final ranked first.LEN (3 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 100m Breaststroke Men Semi-Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 7 November 2021.Hamann, Michael (3 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap"
''SwimSwam''. Retrieved 7 November 2021. In the final of the 100 metre breaststroke he swam a 55.77 and earned the silver medal in the event, with neither him nor the gold medalist, Nicolò Martinenghi of Italy, matching nor surpassing his time from the semifinals in the final, meaning his Championships record remained unbroken through the Championships.LEN (4 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 100m Breaststroke Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 7 November 2021.Hamann, Michael (4 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap"
''SwimSwam''. Retrieved 7 November 2021. After his silver medal win in the 100 metre breaststroke and before his gold medal win in the 50 metre breaststroke, Shymanovich won his first gold medal of the Championships in the 200 metre breaststroke with a time of 2:01.73 in the final.LEN (6 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 200m Breaststroke Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 7 November 2021.Lepesant, Anne (6 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Championships: Day 5 Finals Live Recap"
''SwimSwam''. Retrieved 7 November 2021. Shymanovich equalling the world record in the 50 metre breaststroke was ranked as number one for "The Week That Was" honor from '' Swimming World'' for the week of 8 November 2021 along with Szebasztián Szabó of Hungary equalling the world record in the 50 metre butterfly.Rieder, David (8 November 2021)
"The Week That Was: Szabo, Shymanovich Tie World Records During Busy European Short Course Championships"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved 8 November 2021.

2021 International Swimming League

In his second playoffs season match of the 2021 International Swimming League, Shymanovich lowered the world record he set in the short course 100 metre breaststroke in 2020 at 55.34 seconds to a time of 55.32 seconds. ISL (19 November 2021)
"ISL Match 14 Eindhoven (NED): Men's 100m Breaststroke Results"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 19 November 2021.Sutherland, James (19 November 2021)
"Ilya Shymanovich Betters Own SCM 100 Breast World Record In 55.32"
''SwimSwam''. Retrieved 19 November 2021.De George, Matthew (19 November 2021)
"Flash: Ilya Shymanovich Shaves .02 off His World Record in 100 Breast"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved 19 November 2021. Prior to setting the world record, Shymanovich narrowly outperformed Sarah Sjöström, also swimming representing the Energy Standard Swim Club, to win the match most valuable player, MVP, honour in the first playoffs match of the season. ISL (12 November 2021)
"ISL Match 12 Eindhoven (NED): Match MVP Standings"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 19 November 2021. Earlier, during the regular season, Shymanovich won his first match most valuable player honour of the year in the eighth match of the regular season. ISL (19 September 2021)
"ISL Match 8 Napoli (ITA): Match MVP Standings"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 21 November 2021. In the fifth playoffs match, sixteenth match of the whole season, Shymanovhich lowered his own world record in the 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 55.28 seconds. ISL (26 November 2021)
"ISL Match 16 Eindhoven (NED): Men's 100m Breaststroke Results"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 26 November 2021.Rieder, David (26 November 2021)
"FLASH! Ilya Shymanovich Swims 55.28 to Take Down World Record in 100 Breaststroke"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved 26 November 2021. For the sixteenth match he also won match most valuable player honors with a total score of 83.5 points. ISL (26 November 2021)
"ISL Match 16 Eindhoven (NED): Match MVP Standings"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 26 November 2021. Shymanovich's new world record was the number one item for "The Week That Was" honour.Shay, Ashleigh (29 November 2021)
"The Week That Was Ilya Shymanovich Takes Down a World Record"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved 29 November 2021. He won a total of 16 breaststroke events throughout the 2021 season.Rieder, David (2 January 2022)
"ISL Male Swimmer of the Year: Ilya Shymanovich Raced to 16 Breaststroke Wins, Two World Records"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved 2 January 2022. Shymanovich ranked fifth out of 488 competitors at the end of the 2021 season for the total number of most valuable player points earned by a competitor in the duration of the International Swimming League with 711.5 points.Keith, Braden (13 December 2021)
"Sarah Sjostrom Becomes ISL's First-Ever Swimmer To Clear 1000 MVP Points"
''SwimSwam''. Retrieved 13 December 2021. With his world records in the 50 metre and 100 metre breaststroke from 2021, Shymanovich was the only swimmer to set a world record in two or more individual events for the year.Takata, Daniel (31 December 2021)
"All Of The World Records Set In 2021"
''SwimSwam''. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

2021 World Short Course Championships

Shymanovich entered to compete in the 50 metre, 100 metre, and 200 metre breaststroke individual events at the 2021 World Short Course Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates."2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m): Athlete Entries"
'' FINA''. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021. In the prelims heats of the 100 metre breaststroke, Shymanovich ranked second overall with a time of 56.20 seconds and qualified for the semifinals later in the day. FINA (16 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 100m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 16 December 2021. For the semifinals, Shymanovich ranked third with a 56.54, qualifying for the final the next day. FINA (16 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 100m Breaststroke Semifinals Results Summary"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 16 December 2021.Hamann, Michael (16 December 2021)
"2021 Short Course World Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap"
''SwimSwam''. Retrieved 16 December 2021. Shymanovich won the gold medal in the final of the 100 metre breaststroke in a Championships record time of 55.70 seconds. FINA (17 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 100m Breaststroke Final Results"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 17 December 2021. With his win, Shymanovich earned his first world title.Sutherland, James (17 December 2021)
"Shymanovich Downs 100 BR Championship Record To Win First Career World Title"
''SwimSwam''. Retrieved 17 December 2021. On the third day of competition, Shymanovich ranked tenth overall in the prelims heats of the 200 metre breaststroke with a 2:04.99 and did not qualify for the final. FINA (18 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 200m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 18 December 2021. In the evening, Shymanovich split a 24.93 for the breaststroke leg of the 4×50 metre mixed medley relay in the final, helping achieve a fifth place finish of 1:37.97. FINA (18 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Mixed 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 18 December 2021. Day five, Shymanovich qualified for the semifinals of the 50 metre breaststroke ranking first in the prelims heats with a time of 25.77 seconds. FINA (20 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 50m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 20 December 2021. In the semifinals he ranked first, qualifying for the final with a 25.55. FINA (20 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 50m Breaststroke Semifinals Results Summary"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 20 December 2021. On the sixth and final day, Shymanovich placed fourth in the final of the 50 metre breaststroke with a time of 25.84 seconds. FINA (21 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 50m Breaststroke Final Results"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

2022

Towards the beginning of the 2022 season, Shymanovich and all other Belarusians, and Russians, were banned indefinitely from LEN competitions, effective 3 March 2022, and banned from FINA competitions in the time frame of 21 April to 31 December 2022."LEN agrees not to invite Russian and Belarusian teams and supports Ukrainian athletes"
. ''LEN''. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.Koos, Torin (21 April 2022)
"PRESS RELEASE , FINA Bureau meets, acknowledges decision to suspend Russian swimmer Evgeny Rylov"
'' FINA''. Retrieved 31 October 2022. Gaining international competition experience at the 2022 Russian Solidarity Games instead, an international sporting competition with athletes from multiple sports and multiple countries, he won the gold medal in the short course 50 metre breaststroke at the second swimming portion of the Games, held in November, with a time of 25.94 seconds, which was 0.04 seconds ahead of silver medalist Kirill Prigoda of Russia and 0.09 seconds ahead of bronze medalist Kirill Strelnikov of Russia."Kameneva set a Russian record in the 50m freestyle at the Friendship Games"
''athletistic.com''. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2023. Earlier in the competition, he won a silver medal in the 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 56.26 seconds to finish 0.01 seconds behind Danil Semyaninov of Russia.
''athletistic.com''. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2023.

2023

On 5 April 2023, a back-acting extension of the 2022 bans by then FINA, now World Aquatics, was announced, "The World Aquatics Bureau's decision to not invite athletes and officials from Russia and Belarus to World Aquatics events remains in effect today.""PRESS RELEASE , World Aquatics Bureau meets, discusses the status of athletes from Russia and Belarus"
'' World Aquatics''. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.

At the 2023 Russian National Championships, held starting 16 April at the Palace of Water Sports in Kazan, Russia, Shymanovich ranked first in the semifinals of the 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 59.35 seconds and qualified for the final on day two."ЧЕМПИОНАТ РОССИИ 2023: Дистанция 205 Мужчины, 100m Брасс Мужчины"
(in Russian). ''Russian Swimming Federation''. 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023."Belarus taking part in Russian Swimming Championship in Kazan"
'' Belarusian Telegraph Agency''. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023. This improved upon his time of 59.70 seconds from the morning preliminaries that qualified him for the semifinals ranking first."ЧЕМПИОНАТ РОССИИ 2023: Дистанция 5 Мужчины, 100m Брасс Мужчины"
(in Russian). ''Russian Swimming Federation''. 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023. On the second evening, he started off with a gold medal-win in the 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 58.75 seconds."Campionati Nazionali di Russia. Day 2. Kliment Kolesnikov: 100 dorso (52.54). Shimanovic  Ilya: 100 rana (58.75)"
(in Italian). ''nuoto.com''. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
''athletistic.com''. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023. Later in the session, he split a 57.94 for the breaststroke leg of the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay, helping the Belarus relay team win the silver medal in a time of 3:46.63."ЧЕМПИОНАТ РОССИИ 2023: Дистанция 114 Смешанный, 4 х 100m Комбинированная 2010 и старше"
(in Russian). ''Russian Swimming Federation''. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.

On the third day, Shymanovich placed 37th in the 50 metre freestyle with a time of 23.43 seconds."ЧЕМПИОНАТ РОССИИ 2023: Дистанция 20 Мужчины, 50m Вольный стиль Мужчины"
(in Russian). ''Russian Swimming Federation''. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023. Two mornings later, he ranked first in the preliminary heats of the 50 metre breaststroke with a 26.32, qualifying for the semifinals."ЧЕМПИОНАТ РОССИИ 2023: Дистанция 33 Мужчины, 50m Брасс Мужчины"
(in Russian). ''Russian Swimming Federation''. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023. For the semifinals, he was the only swimmer under 27.00 seconds, qualifying for the final with a time of 26.65 seconds."ЧЕМПИОНАТ РОССИИ 2023: Дистанция 233 Мужчины, 50m Брасс Мужчины"
(in Russian). ''Russian Swimming Federation''. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023. For his first medal on the sixth and final day, he won a gold medal in the 50 metre breaststroke with a time of 26.73 seconds."ЧЕМПИОНАТ РОССИИ 2023: Дистанция 133 Мужчины, 50m Брасс Мужчины"
(in Russian). ''Russian Swimming Federation''. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023. For his second, and final, medal, he won a bronze medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay, contributing a time of 58.30 seconds for the breaststroke leg to a final mark of 3:35.58."ЧЕМПИОНАТ РОССИИ 2023: Дистанция 140 Мужчины, 4 х 100m Комбинированная Мужчины"
(in Russian). ''Russian Swimming Federation''. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
''athletistic.com''. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.

International championships (50 m)

International championships (25 m)

World records

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Awards and honours

* '' Swimming World'', International Swimming League Swimmer of the Year (male): 2021
* ''SwimSwam'', Top 100 (Men's): 2022 (#18)Sutherland, James (20 January 2022)
"SwimSwam's Top 100 For 2022: Men's #20-11"
''SwimSwam''. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
* International Swimming League, Match Most Valuable Player: 2021 Match 8, 2021 Match 12, 2021 Match 16
* ''Swimming World'', The Week That Was: 8 November 2021 (#1), 29 November 2021 (#1)

See also

* List of World Swimming Championships (25 m) medalists (men)
* List of European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
* List of European Short Course Swimming Championships medalists (men)

References

External links

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1994 births
Living people
World record setters in swimming
World record holders in swimming
Belarusian male swimmers
Male medley swimmers
Male breaststroke swimmers
Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
Place of birth missing (living people)
Universiade medalists in swimming
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Belarus
European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic swimmers for Belarus
Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)