Dyatchin, Vladimir Fedorovich

• Two-time world champion at a distance of 10 km (open water) - 2003 and 2007
• Vice-world champion at a distance of 10 km (open water) - 2001
• World Championship bronze medalist at a distance of 5 km (open water) - 2003
• European champion at a distance of 10 km (open water) - 2002
• Multiple champion of Russia and winner of the open water swimming World Cup

Personal trainer - Lidia Vlasevskaya ^[1] .

After winning the 2003 World Cup, Dyatchin decided to leave the sport - at that time they planned to include the “crown” distance for him in the program of the Olympic Games only in 2012 in London , and Dyatchin did not see further prospects in swimming. Having moved from Lipetsk to Tolyatti, Vladimir took up the construction business with his father.

Once, having gone on vacation to his native Lipetsk, Dyatchin had a car accident and broke his collarbone . Doctors advised developing a sore arm in the pool and there Dyatchin found out that the IOC decided to nevertheless include a 10-kilometer distance in the program of the Games in Beijing in 2008 . The hand successfully grew together, and Dyatchin decided to return to the sport after an almost 2-year break. For a year of hard training, Vladimir returned to the Russian national team, selected for the 2007 World Cup and won his favorite distance there for the second time in his career, being 6 hundredths of a second ahead of the famous German Thomas Lurz .

According to the results of 2007, Dyatchin was recognized as the best open water swimmer in the world.

Beijing 2008 Olympics

On August 21, 2008, at the Beijing Olympics, Vladimir, who was one of the main favorites of the 10 km swim , was disqualified (the only one of 25 swimmers) in the last lap of the course for being rude in the water. It should be noted that before this, during his entire career, Vladimir had never even received warnings for being rude. After the end of the competition, Dyatchin announced that he was going to stay in sports until the 2012 Olympics in London .

London 2012 Olympics

At the Games in London, 29-year-old Dyatchin took 7th place at a distance of 10 km . In the race held in Hyde Park , he lost more than 40 seconds to the bronze medalist.

• Bolshakov, Sergey Vladimirovich
• Drattsev, Evgeny Yuryevich

• “Broken collarbone returned Dyatchin to big sport” (inaccessible link)
• Interview in the newspaper Sport-Express dated May 29, 2008
• An article in the Sport Express newspaper on men's 10 km swim at the Beijing Olympics
• Interview to the Lipetsk Sports Newspaper about the 2012 Olympics and future plans