Deniz Nazar
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Dmytro Valeriyovych Nazarenko |
| National team |
 Ukraine Turkey |
| Born |
19 August 1980 Rivne, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Individual medley |
| Club | Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü (TUR) |
| Coach | Oleksandr Yaremenko (UKR) |
Dmytro Valeriyovych Nazarenko (also Deniz Nazar, Ukrainian: Дмитро Валерійович Назаренко; born August 19, 1980) is a Ukrainian-born Turkish former swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events.[1] He is a fifth-place finalist in the 400 m individual medley at the 2002 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Riesa, Germany (4:12.07).[2]
Nazar made his first Ukrainian team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Swimming in heat three of the men's 400 m individual medley, he edged out Slovenia's Marko Milenkovič to take a fifth seed and twenty-eighth overall by a 1.36-second margin in 4:25.26.[3]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Nazar placed twenty-sixth overall in the 400 m individual medley. Swimming in heat four on the morning prelims, Nazar saved a seventh spot and twenty-sixth overall against China's Liu Weijia, who finished behind him by less than 0.13 of a second, with a time of 4:26.15.[4][5]
Eight years later, Nazar had approved a nationality transfer by FINA to compete for the Turkish team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, under a new name Deniz Nazar.[6] He achieved a FINA B-standard entry time of 4:26.64 from the Croatian Open Championships in Dubrovnik.[7] For his third time in the 400 m individual medley, Nazar challenged five other swimmers in heat one, including two-time Olympians Vasilii Danilov of Kyrgyzstan and Hocine Haciane of Andorra. He touched out Haciane to take a fourth spot by a 1.20-second margin with a time of 4:30.80. Nazar failed to qualify for the final, as he placed twenty-eighth overall on the first night of preliminaries.[8]
References
- ↑ "Deniz Nazar". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- ↑ "Risztov Sets European Record in the 800, Rupprath Wins Two at Euro Champs". Swimming World Magazine. 13 December 2002. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 316. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 400m Individual Medley Heat 4". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ Thomas, Stephen (14 August 2004). "Men's 400 IM Prelims: Phelps Cruises to 4:13.29 and Lane 4 for Final. Vendt Qualifies Sixth". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ↑ ""Yeni Türkler" Pekin"de madalya arayacak" ["New Turks" at Beijing in the search for medals] (in Turkish). Radikal. 31 July 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 400m Individual Medley" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 43. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 400m Individual Medley Heat 1". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
External links
- NBC Olympics Profile
- Profile – Swim Ukraine (Ukrainian)