Evgeny Rylov

Evgeny Mikhailovich Rylov (Russian: Евгений Михайлович Рылов, IPA: [ɪ̯ɪvˈɡʲenʲɪɪ̯ ˈrɨɫəf]; born 23 September 1996) is a Russian competitive swimmer and Olympic champion specializing in backstroke events. He won three gold medals at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, and a bronze medal at his senior international debut at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan.[3] He also won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and a gold medal at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, both were in the 200 metre backstroke event. He won the gold medal in the 100 metre backstroke and 200 metre backstroke at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[4]

Evgeny Rylov
Rylov in 2021
Personal information
Full nameEvgeny Mikhailovich Rylov
National team Russia
Born (1996-09-23) 23 September 1996[1]
Novotroitsk, Russia[1]
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke, freestyle swimming
ClubEnergy Standard International Swim Club (former)[2]
CoachAndrey Shishin[1]

Background

Rylov's father Mikhail Rylov is a former footballer, who now serves as a coach. In childhood he tried playing association football, but chose instead swimming.[5]

Rylov is a staff police sergeant of the Moscow Oblast Police of the town district of Lobnya.[6]

Career

2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Rylov first established himself on the world scene at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, where he achieved a total of four medals, three golds and one silver, and broke two world junior records. In the 100 metre backstroke, Rylov shared the top prize with Italy's Simone Sabbioni in a matching time of 54.24 seconds.[7] On 20 August, he put up a sterling effort of 25.09 seconds to crush the world junior record and pick up his second gold of the meet in the 50 metre backstroke, touching out Greece's Apostolos Christou by 0.35 of a second.[8][9] Less than an hour later, Rylov and his teammates Anton Chupkov, Aleksandr Sadovnikov, and Filipp Shopin led throughout the race to capture the 4×100 metre medley relay title in a world junior record-breaking time of 3:38.02.[8][10] On the final night of the Games, Rylov added a silver to his medal tally, this time in the 200 metre backstroke with a time of 1:57.08, losing the title and his chance of breaking another record to China's Li Guangyuan by 14-hundredths of a second.[11] Additionally, he helped achieve a fourth-place finish in the 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay on the first day of competition in 3:32.15 and a fourth-place finish on the third day of competition in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay in 3:25.01.[12]

2015

When Russia hosted the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, Rylov charged his way to round out the podium with a third-place time of 1:54.60 in the 200 metre backstroke.[3][13] Earlier in the meet, he also posted a time of 53.23 to place seventh in the finals of the 100 metre backstroke, missing the podium by more than half a second.[14]

2016 Summer Olympics

2016 Summer Olympics
200 m backstroke 1:53.97 (ER)

At the Russian Championships in April 2016, Rylov broke the European record in the 200 metre backstroke with a time of 1:54.21.[15] Approximately four months later, at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he broke the European record again with a time of 1:53.97 and won the bronze medal in the 200 metre backstroke.[16] In the 100 metre backstroke, he placed sixth in the final with a time of 52.74 seconds.[17] For the 4×100 metre medley relay, he split a 52.90 for the backstroke leg of the relay to help achieve a fourth-place finish in 3:31.30 with finals relay teammates Anton Chupkov (breaststroke), Aleksandr Sadovnikov (butterfly), and Vladimir Morozov (freestyle).[18]

2017

At 2017 Russian Championships in April, he lowered his own 200 metre backstroke European record for the third time with a time of 1:53.81.[19]

At the World Championships in July 2017, Rylov broke his own European record once again in the 200 metre backstroke with a time of 1:53.61, defeating the reigning Olympic gold medalist Ryan Murphy and winning the gold medal in the process.[20] This was the first long course world championships gold won by a Russian male swimmer since 2003.

2018 World Short Course Championships

2018 World Short Course Championships
50 m backstroke 22.58 (NR)
4×50 m medley 1:30.54
200 m backstroke 1:47.02
4×100 m freestyle 3:03.11 (h)
4×50 m freestyle 1:22.22 (NR)
4×50 m mixed freestyle 1:28.73 (h)
4×50 m mixed medley 1:37.33 (h)

On the first day of competition at the 2018 World Short Course Swimming Championships in Hangzhou, China in December, Rylov won a silver medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, swimming a 46.09 for the lead-off leg of the relay in the prelims heats before being substituted out for Vladislav Grinev in the final, where the finals relay placed second with a 3:03.11.[21][22] The second day, he won a bronze medal as part of the 4×50 metre mixed freestyle relay, contributing a lead-off split time of 21.21 seconds in the prelims heats to help qualify the relay to the final ranking second, where it when on to finish in third-place with a 1:28.73.[23][24] In the 4×50 metre mixed medley relay the following day, he swam a 23.18 for the backstroke leg of the relay in the prelims heats, was substituted out and Kliment Kolesnikov substituted in for the finals relay, and won a bronze medal when the finals relay placed third in 1:37.33.[25][26]

Day four of competition, Rylov anchored the 4×50 metre freestyle relay in the final to help achieve a silver medal victory in a new Russian record time of 1:22.22, splitting a time of 20.37 seconds, which was the third-fastest split time in the final heat behind Ryan Held of the United States, who split a 20.25, and Chad le Clos of South Africa, who split a 20.31.[27] Later in the same session, he won the gold medal in the 50 metre backstroke with a Russian record time of 22.58 seconds.[28][29][30][31][32] His time moved him up in rankings to the second-fastest performer in the event all-time, only behind world record holder Florent Manaudou.[29] In the final of the 4×50 metre medley relay the following day, he swam the fastest freestyle leg in the field with a time of 20.22 seconds, helping win the gold medal with a finals relay time of 1:30.54.[33][34] On the sixth and final day, he won the gold medal in the 200 metre backstroke with a time of 1:47.02, finishing 0.32 seconds ahead of the silver medalist, Ryan Murphy, and 1.23 seconds ahead of the bronze medalists, Radosław Kawęcki and Mitch Larkin.[35][36][37]

2019 World Championships

At the World Aquatics Championships in July 2019, he defended the World Championships title in the 200 metre backstroke.[38][39] He also won silver medals in the 50 metre backstroke, finishing 0.06 seconds behind gold medalist Zane Waddell of South Africa with a 24.49, and the 100 metre backstroke, where he swam a 52.67 to finish 24-hundredths of a second behind gold medalist Xu Jiayu of China.[40][41][42][43] With his three individual medals, he became the first male swimmer to win a medal in all three backstroke distances at a single World Aquatics Championships. In the final of the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, he swam the second-fastest split in the field with a 47.02 for the anchor leg of the relay, which was just four-hundredths of a second faster than the 47.06 swum by third-fastest Kyle Chalmers of Australia and sixteen-hundredths of a second slower than the 46.86 swum by Zach Apple of the United States, and contributed to a silver medal-winning finish in 3:09.97.[44] For the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay, Rylov swam the backstroke leg of the relay in the final, helping achieve a fourth-place finish in 3:40.78 with a split of 51.97 seconds.[45] As part of the 4×100 metre medley relay, he split the fastest backstroke leg in the final with a 52.57 to help win the bronze medal in a final time of 3:28.81.[46]

2019 International Swimming League

In the Autumn of 2019, he was member of the inaugural International Swimming League swimming for the Energy Standard International Swim Club, who won the team title in Las Vegas, Nevada, in December.[47] He won the 100 metre backtroke with aand 200 metre backstroke events at both the Budapest and London matches after winning just the 100 metre backstroke in Naples.[48]

2020 Summer Olympics

2020 Summer Olympics
100 m backstroke 51.98 (ER)
200 m backstroke 1:53.27 (OR)
4×200 m freestyle 7:01.81

At 2021 Russian Championships, Rylov broke 100 metre backstroke national record with a time of 52.12 and the 200 metre backstroke European record with a time of 1:53.23.[49][50][51] Then at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he claimed gold medals in the 100 metre backstroke and 200 metre backstroke respectively, breaking the 100 metre backstroke European record with a time of 51.98 and the 200 metre backstroke Olympic record with a time of 1:53.27.[52] He became Russia's first Olympic swimming champion in 25 years,[53] and ended USA's streak of 12 straight backstroke gold medals at the Olympic Games.[54] He also won a silver medal in 4×200 metre freestyle relay together with his finals relay teammates, splitting a 1:45.26 for the third leg of the relay.[55] In addition to events he medaled in, he helped achieve a fourth-place finish in the 4×100 metre medley relay in 3:29.22 and a seventh-place finish in the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay in 3:42.45, swimming the backstroke leg of each relay in the final.[56]

2021 International Swimming League

Rylov was the MVP of the 9th match in the regular season of ISL season 3 in 2021.[57]

2022

On 18 March 2022 Rylov participated in the Moscow rally in support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[58][59] His swimwear sponsor at the time of the rally, Speedo, terminated their endorsement deal with Rylov in response to his participation in the rally.[60][61][62][63][64] He was also subsequently suspended from the Energy Standard International Swimming Club of the International Swimming League along with all other support staff and athletes from Russia.[2] Later in the same week, he withdrew from competing at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships and FINA announced his participation in the rally was under investigation in regards to potentially violating FINA rules.[65][66][67] On 20 April 2022, he received a nine-month suspension by FINA "from all competitions and activities organized or sanctioned by FINA, including any International Competition on the FINA World Aquatic Calendar".[68]

International championships

Meet 50 free 50 back 100 back 200 back 4×50 free 4×100 free 4×200 free 4×50 medley 4×100 medley 4×50 mixed free 4×100 mixed free 4×200 mixed free 4×50 mixed medley 4×100 mixed medley
YOG 2014N/A4thN/AN/AN/A4thN/AN/A
WC 20157thN/AN/A5thN/AN/AN/A
OG 2016N/A6thN/AN/A4thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
WC 2017N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
EC 2018N/AN/A[a]N/AN/A
SCW 2018[a][a]N/AN/A[a]N/A
WC 2019N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A4th
EC 20208thN/A[a]N/A[a]N/A[a]N/A
OG 2020N/AN/AN/A4thN/AN/AN/AN/A7th
ESC 202120th4th (h)4th (sf)N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
a Rylov swam only in the prelims heats.

Career best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Event Time Meet Date Location Notes Ref
50 m backstroke 24.49 2019 World Aquatics Championships 28 July 2019 Gwangju, South Korea [40]
100 m backstroke 51.98 2020 Summer Olympics 27 July 2021 Tokyo, Japan ER, NR [56]
200 m backstroke 1:53.23 2021 Russian Championships 8 April 2021 Kazan ER, NR [49][50][51]
Legend: EREuropean record; NRRussian record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Event Time Meet Date Location Notes Ref
50 m backstroke 22.58 2018 World Short Course Championships 14 December 2018 Hangzhou, China Former NR [28][29]
100 m backstroke 48.88 2020 Russian Short Course Championships 15 December 2020 Saint Petersburg [69]
200 m backstroke 1:46.37 2020 International Swimming League 21 November 2020 Budapest, Hungary [70]
Legend: NRRussian record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

See also

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