Nationality Ukrainian Coach Svetlana Toloknyanik 3 3 | Paralympic Games 3 | |
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Born 10 January 1989 (age 28) ( 1989-01-10 ) Club Invasport: Dnipropetrovsk Strokes Freestyle swimming, Breaststroke, Backstroke, Butterfly stroke | ||
Denys Vitaliovich Dubrov (Ukrainian: Денис Віталійович Дубров, born 10 January 1989) is a Paralympic swimmer from Ukraine who competes in S10 and SM10 (individual medley) events. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics he won three gold, three silver and two bronze medals, setting a world record in the 200 m medley event.
Career history
Dubrov began swimming as a youth and by 2001 was being coached by Svetlana Toloknyanik at the Invasport club in his home town of Dnipropetrovsk. He came to international attention when he competed at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships in Eindhoven, where he won three medals, including gold in the SM10 200m individual medley
The following year Dubrov represented Ukraine again, this time at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow. There he entered five events, winning medals in three. He took a bronze as part of the 4 × 100 m medley relay and won individual gold in both the 100 m butterfly and 200 m medley. As well as becoming world champion in two events, he broke the European record in both, with times of 56.43 in the butterfly and 2:11.94 in the individual medley.