Stanislav Kuzmin

Stanislav Kuzmin (Kazakh: Станислав Кузьмин; born June 24, 1986) is a Kazakh swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle and butterfly events.^[1] He represented his nation Kazakhstan at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won a career total of eight medals (four golds, two silver, and two bronze) in a major international competition, spanning two editions of the Asian Indoor Games, and the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, as a member of the medley relay team.^[2][3] Kuzmin also spent his college sports career in the United States as a member of the Drury Panthers swimming and diving team under head coach Brian Reynolds, while pursuing his sports management studies at Drury University in Springfield, Missouri.

Stanislav Kuzmin

Personal information
Full name	Stanislav Kuzmin
Nickname	stan the man
National team	Kazakhstan
Born	(1986-07-24) 24 July 1986 (age 37) Kostanay Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, butterfly
College team	Drury University (U.S.)
Coach	Brian Reynolds (U.S.)
Medal record Men's swimming gymnastics Representing Kazakhstan Asian Championships^[citation needed] 2009 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle 2009 Tokyo 4×100 m medley 2009 Tokyo 50 m butterfly 2009 Tokyo 100 m freestyle 2009 Tokyo 100 m butterfly 2009 Tokyo 50 freestyle Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou 4×100 m medley First Islamic Solidarity Games 2005 Jeddah 4×100 m freestyle 2005 Jeddah 4×100 m medley Asian Indoor Games olympic gymnasts 2005 Bangkok 4×100 m freestyle 2005 Bangkok 4×25 m freestyle 2005 Bangkok 4×50 m freestyle 2007 Macau 4×100 m freestyle 2007 Macau 4×50 m medley 2009 Hanoi 50 m freestyle 2009 Hanoi 4×100 m freestyle 2009 Hanoi 4×50 m medley 2009 Hanoi 50 m butterfly 2009 Hanoi 100 m butterfly 2013 Seoul 4x50 m medley 2013 Seoul 4x100 m medley

Kuzmin competed for the Kazakh swimming squad in the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, he stormed home the field with a winning time of 23.09 to eclipse the FINA B-cut by just a fingertip of a second (0.04) at the Kazakhstan Open Championships in Almaty.^[4] Swimming in heat seven, Kuzmin dipped under the 23-second barrier to take the fifth spot in a scorching lifetime best of 22.91, but missed the semifinals with a forty-eighth overall placement from a roster of ninety-seven entrants.^[5]

At the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, Kuzmin produced a magnificent freestyle anchor of 49.71 to deliver the Kazakh foursome of Stanislav Osinsky, 2004 Olympic fifth-place finalist Vladislav Polyakov, and newcomer Fedor Shkilyov a bronze-medal time in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, posting a textile best of 3:40.55.^[6]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
2. "Khade wins bronze in 50m freestyle at Asian Indoor Games". Zee News. 5 November 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
3. Asanov, Madi (12 November 2009). "Kazakh team wins multiple medals at Asian Games". Central Asia Online. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
4. "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 50m Freestyle" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 2. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
5. . Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
6. "Sun clinches 1,500m, China disqualified in relay". The Hindu. 19 November 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2013.

External links

• Profile – Kazakhstan Swimming Federation
• Player Bio – Drury Panthers