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Daria Sergeevna Klepikova (born 11 February 2005) is a Russian competitive swimmer. She is a Russian record holder in the short course 4×50 metre freestyle relay and 4×50 metre medley relay. At the 2021 European Junior Championships she won six gold medals and one silver medal in individual and relay events. She won two gold medals at the 2021 European Short Course Championships in relay events.

Daria Klepikova

Personal information
Full name	Daria Sergeevna Klepikova
National team	Russia
Born	(2005-02-11) 11 February 2005 (age 17)[1] Voronezh, Russia
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly, freestyle
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  Russia Event 1st 2nd 3rd European Championships (SC) 2 0 0 European Junior Championships 6 1 0 Total 8 1 0 European Championships (SC) 2021 Kazan 4×50 m freestyle 2021 Kazan 4×50 m medley European Junior Championships 2021 Rome 100 m freestyle 2021 Rome 50 m butterfly 2021 Rome 4×100 m freestyle 2021 Rome 4×100 m mixed freestyle 2021 Rome 4×100 m medley 2021 Rome 4×100 m mixed medley 2021 Rome 100 m butterfly

Early life

Klepikova was born 11 February 2005 in the Voronezh region of Russia.[1][2]

Career

2021: Double European junior champion at 16 years old

2021 European Junior Championships

2021 European Junior Championships
	100 m freestyle	54.75
	4×100 m mixed freestyle	3:29.71
	4×100 m mixed medley	3:50.25
	50 m butterfly	26.14 (CR)
	4×100 m freestyle	3:40.10 (CR)
	4×100 m medley	4:02.72
	100 m butterfly	58.07

On the first day of competition, 6 July, of the 2021 European Junior Championships at Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto in Rome, Italy, 16-year-old Klepikova advanced to the final of the 100 metre freestyle ranked first with a time of 55.04 seconds.[3][4] Day two, Klepikova won the gold medal in the 100 metre freestyle with a time of 54.75 seconds, finishing over a quarter of a second ahead of silver medalist and fellow Russian Daria Tatarinova.[5][6] For her second gold medal of day two, Klepikova swam the anchor, fourth, leg of 4×100 meter mixed freestyle relay, slitting a time of 55.13 seconds to help the relay touch the wall first with a time of 3:29.71.[7][8] In the final of the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay on the third day, Klepikova swam the 100 metres of butterfly on the relay in a time of 58.89 seconds, contributing to the relay finishing first with a time of 3:50.25 and winning the gold medal.[9][10]

The fifth day, 10 July, Klepikova won her second gold medal in an individual event in the 50 metre butterfly where she won the event in a Championships record time of 26.14 seconds, which broke the former record of 26.21 seconds set in 2019 by Naele Portecop of France.[11][12] Later in the same day five finals session, Klepikova won her second gold medal of the day in Championships record time in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, contributing to the new record time of 3:40.10 by splitting a 54.53 for the anchor leg of the relay.[12][13] Come the final day of competition, 11 July, Klepikova won her only silver medal of the championships by placing second in the final of the 100 metre butterfly with a personal best time of 58.07 seconds.[14][15] She won her final gold medal of the Championships in the 4×100 metre medley relay, swimming the anchoring leg of the relay, the freestyle leg of the relay, in 54.55 seconds to achieve a first-place-finish for the relay team in 4:02.72.[15][16]

2021 European Short Course Championships

2021 European Championships
	4×50 m freestyle	1:34.92 (NR)
	4×50 m medley	1:44.19 (NR)

At the 2021 European Short Course Championships held at the Palace of Water Sports in Kazan in November, Klepikova won her first gold medal in the 4×50 metre freestyle relay, where she split a 23.63 on the anchor leg of the relay to help the relay team finish in a new Russian record time of 1:34.92.[17][18] Klepikova won her second gold medal of the Championships in the 4×50 metre medley relay, where she helped set a new Russian record of 1:44.19 for the event by splitting a 23.81 for the freestyle leg of the relay.[19][20] For her performances setting two Russian records and winning two gold medals as a 16-year-old in the senior international competition, Swimming World named her as one of "The Young Talents" for the Championships.[21]

2021 World Short Course Championships

In late November, Klepikova was announced to the roster for Russia at the 2021 World Short Course Championships to be held at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in mid-December.[2] The first day of competition, 16 December, Kelpikova split a 53.81 for the anchor leg of the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, helping advance it to the final ranked fifth.[22] The finals relay, which did not include Klepikova, went on to place sixth.[23] In the prelims heats of the 100 metre butterfly on day five, Klepikova ranked 21st overall with a time of 57.86 seconds and did not advance to the semifinals.[24] The sixth and final day of competition Klepikova started off the day by swimming the second leg of the 4×50 metre freestyle relay with a split of 24.53 and helping qualify the relay to the final ranking fourth.[25] For her second event Klepikova split a 58.45 on the butterfly leg of the 4×100 metre medley relay in the prelims to help achieve a rank of fifth and qualify the relay to the final with a time of 3:55.15.[26] Klepikova was substituted out for the final of both relays, where the 4×50 metre freestyle relay placed fifth and the 4×100 metre medley relay placed fifth.[27][28]

During competition, Klepikova and all other Russians were required to compete without the name of their country name, flag, and anthem, instead swimming under the name Russian Swimming Federation per the Court of Arbitration for Sport ban not allowing the usage of such representation items by Russians at any World Championships in any sport between 17 December 2020 and 16 December 2022, inclusive.[29][30][31]

2022: Doubly banned for her nationality

In March 2022, at 17 years of age, Klepikova was banned from all LEN competitions indefinitely, rending her incapable of defending her European junior titles in the 50 metre butterfly and 100 metre freestyle from 2021 and denying her the chance to make her debut at a LEN European Aquatics Championships at least past the 2022 European Aquatics Championships.[32] Additionally due to her being Russian, she was banned from FINA competitions starting 21 April 2022 and at least through 31 December 2022, which denied her the opportunity to compete at the last FINA World Junior Swimming Championships she was eligible for and the first she was fast enough to compete at, the 2022 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships.[33]

However, had Klepikova been allowed to compete at the World Junior Championships, she would have been subjected to the same band that did not allow her to use her country name, flag, nor anthem at the 2021 World Short Course Championships, only this time in her own country.[29][30] For all non-FINA competitions from April through December 2022, she and all other Russians had their times deemed as not counting towards world rankings and world records, including world junior records.[34]

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Event	Time	Meet	Location	Date	Ref
50 m freestyle	25.56	2019 European Junior Championships	Kazan	6 July 2019	[1]
100 m freestyle	54.75	2021 European Junior Championships	Rome, Italy	7 July 2021	[5]
50 m butterfly	25.98	2021 Russian Championships	Kazan	5 April 2021	[1]
100 m butterfly	58.07	2021 European Junior Championships	Rome, Italy	11 July 2021	[14]

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Event	Time	Meet	Location	Date	Ref
50 m freestyle	24.38	2021 FINA Swimming World Cup	Kazan	28 October 2021	[1]
100 m freestyle	53.22	2021 FINA Swimming World Cup	Kazan	30 October 2021	[1]
50 m butterfly	26.11	2021 FINA Swimming World Cup	Kazan	29 October 2021	[1]
100 m butterfly	57.58	2021 European Championships	Kazan	5 November 2021	[1]

National records

Short course metres

No.	Event	Time	Meet	Location	Date	Age	Status	Ref
1	4×50 m freestyle relay	1:34.92	2021 European Championships	Kazan	2 November 2021	16	Current	[17][18]
2	4×50 m medley relay	1:44.19	2021 European Championships	Kazan	4 November 2021	16	Current	[19][20]

Awards and honours

• Swimming World, The Young Talents: 2021 European Short Course Championships[21]

See also

• List of European Short Course Swimming Championships medalists (women)

References

External links

• Daria Klepikova at FINA
• Daria Klepikova at SwimRankings.net

На других языках

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Daria Klepikova –en ruso, Дарья Клепикова– (11 de febrero de 2005) es una deportista rusa que compite en natación. Ganó dos medallas de oro en el Campeonato Europeo de Natación en Piscina Corta de 2021, en las pruebas de 4 × 50 m libre y 4 × 50 m estilos.[1]

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