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Andrei Korneev
Andrei Korneev (Andrey Nikolayevich Korneyev, Андрей Николаевич Корнеев), Russian breaststroke swimmer, 1996 Olympic 200 m breaststroke bronze medalist whose medal was stripped for bromantan and restored on CAS appeal; short course world record holder 2:07.79 (1998).
Anton Chupkov
Anton Chupkov (Антон Чупков), Russian breaststroke swimmer born 1997 in Moscow; Olympic 200 m breaststroke bronze at Rio 2016, world champion 2017 and 2019, world record 2:06.12 (2019–2022); retired November 2024.
Dmitry Komornikov
Dmitry Komornikov (Dmitry Vasilyevich Komornikov, Дмитрий Васильевич Коморников), born 1981, is a Russian breaststroke swimmer who set a 200 m world record in 2003 and swam at three Olympic Games.
Evgeniia Chikunova
Evgeniia Chikunova (Евгения Чикунова), Russian breaststroke swimmer born 2004 in St. Petersburg; world record holder in the 200 m breaststroke (2:17.55, 2023), Tokyo 2020 finalist, 2025 world silver medalist, and 2026 European champion.
Galina Prozumenshchikova Stepanova
Galina Prozumenshchikova Stepanova (Галина Прозуменщикова, 1948–2015), Soviet breaststroke swimmer, first Soviet Olympic swimming gold, 200 m breaststroke Tokyo 1964, five Olympic medals, five world records.
Georgy Prokopenko
Georgy Prokopenko (Георгій Якович Прокопенко), Ukrainian breaststroke swimmer for the USSR; 1964 Olympic 200 m breaststroke silver (2:28.2), double 100 m breaststroke world record holder 1964, European champion 1962 and 1966.
Igor Marchukov
Igor Marchukov (Марчуков), Soviet breaststroke swimmer from Smolensk, International Master of Sport and Soviet champion; member of the USSR swimming team at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, with bests of 1:07.4 (100 m) and 2:28.9 (200 m) in 1969, later a referee at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
Ilia Shymanovich
Ilia Shymanovich (Ilya Shimanovich, Ілья Шымановіч), Belarusian breaststroke swimmer born 1994 in Minsk; SCM world record holder in the 100 m breaststroke (55.28) and 2021 world short course champion, two-time Olympian.
Julia Bogdanova
Julia Bogdanova, born 1964 in Leningrad, is a Soviet breaststroke swimmer who won the 1978 world 100 m breaststroke title at 14 and took 200 m bronze at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
Kirill Prigoda
Kirill Prigoda (Кирилл Пригода) is a Russian breaststroke swimmer born in 1995 in St. Petersburg, a two-time Olympian and former short-course 200 m world record holder.
Nikolay Pankin
Nikolay Pankin (Николай Иванович Панкин), Soviet breaststroke swimmer, 1949–2018. 1968 Olympic 100 m breaststroke bronze medalist, four-time world record holder, 1970 and 1974 European champion, later coach of Dmitry Volkov.
Oleg Lisogor
Oleg Lisogor (Олег Лісогор), Ukrainian breaststroke swimmer born 1979 in Brovary; two-time world 50m breaststroke champion (2001, 2007), former long course world record holder 27.18 and short course record 26.17, three-time Olympian.
Pyotr Skripchenkov
Pyotr Skripchenkov (Пётр Скрипченков, 1926–2010) was a Soviet breaststroke swimmer who competed at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics and set three medley relay world records in 1953 and 1954.
Roman Sludnov
Roman Andreyevich Sludnov, born 1980 in Omsk, is a Russian breaststroke swimmer who set the first sub-minute long-course 100-meter breaststroke record, 59.97 seconds, and won Olympic bronze at Sydney 2000.
Sergey Geybel
Sergey Geybel (Гейбель Сергей), Russian breaststroke swimmer born 1981; 2009 world record 4x100m medley relay (3:19.16), 2009 European short course relay gold, and masters world record 50m breaststroke (28.24, Kazan 2015).
Yelena Volkova
Yelena Volkova (Волкова Елена) names several Soviet and Russian athletes, chiefly a breaststroke swimmer born 1968, 1991 world champion, and a volleyball player born 1960, 1988 Olympic champion.