fullname coach birth_place weight height birth_date article_title strokes name
dmitriy igorevich balandin vladimir rybchenko almaty , kazakhstan 85 kg lb 0 on 1.95 0 on 4 april 1995 dmitriy balandin
 breaststroke dmitriy balandin
dmitriy balandin

dmitriy igorevich balandin -lrb- ; born april 4 , 1995 in almaty -rrb- is a kazakhstani swimmer , who specialized in breaststroke events .
he currently holds two kazakh records in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke , and also set a historic milestone for his nation by striking the breaststroke triple at the 2014 asian games in incheon , south korea .
balandin emerged as an unexpected medal contender at the 2014 asian games in incheon , where he competed in all breaststroke events .
in the men 's 200 m breaststroke , balandin moved from a top seed in the prelims to stun the entire crowd and crush the twelve-year-old meet record set by japanese swimmer and four-time olympic champion kosuke kitajima in a time of 2:07.67 for the gold medal , jumping him into third in the world rankings .
the following day , in the men 's 100 m breaststroke , balandin threw down a kazakh record in 59.92 to pick up his second gold of the meet .
additionally , he raced his stretch to overhaul a minute barrier for the first time in asian games history .
on the final day of swimming , balandin completed a remarkable meet with another games record of 27.78 for his third straight gold of the meet in the 50 m breaststroke .
