Denis Petrashov

Denis Petrashov (born February 1, 2000) is a Kyrgyzstani competitive swimmer. He competed in the Men's 200-meter breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and both the Men's 100-meter (swimming a 1:00.23, setting a Kyrgyzstani national record) and 200-meter breaststroke events at the 2021 Summer Olympics. Petrashov won the silver medal in the 100-meter breaststroke at the 2018 Youth Olympics, and gold medals at the 2022 Maccabiah Games in Israel in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events.

Biography
Petrashov's hometown is Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. His father is former three-time Olympian and former breaststroke national record holder Yevgeny Petrashov.

He competed in the Men's 200-meter breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and both the Men's 100-meter (swimming a 1:00.23, setting a Kyrgyzstani national record) and 200-meter breaststroke events at the 2021 Summer Olympics.

Petrashov won the gold medal in the 200-meter breaststroke at the 10th Asian Age Group Swimming Championships 2019 in Bangalore, India. He won two silver medals. in men's 50 and 100 meters breaststroke.

He is also a 2-time Asian Games finalist, and a Youth Olympics silver medalist. Petrashov currently holds national record Kyrgyz records (breaststroke long course).

Petrashov won gold medals at the 2022 Maccabiah Games in Israel in the 100 m (in a time of 1:00.46, bettering the record set in the prior Maccabiah Games by American B.J. Johnson) and 200 m breaststroke events.

Attending the University of Louisville and competing for the Louisville Cardinals, in 2022 Petrashov swam 51.92/1:51.89. At the 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Championships, he was runner-up in the 200 breaststroke and seventh in the 100 breaststroke. He did not score at the 2022 NCAAs, after losing a swim-off for 16th in the 100, and not matching his ACC 200 breast time.