ATAYEV Merdan

Turkmenistan
Swimming
8 May 1995
28
Male
1.95/6'5''

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SWM Swimming Men's 50m Backstroke  
Men's 100m Backstroke  

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Followed by 		Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena
Men's 100m Backstroke - Heat 3
Finished
Followed by 		Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena
Men's 50m Backstroke - Heat 4
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocationResult
Asian Games
7Men's 100m Backstroke2014Incheon, KOR56.63
8Men's 50m Backstroke2018Indonesia25.88
HeatsMen's 100m Backstroke2018Indonesia56.20
HeatsMen's 50m Backstroke2014Incheon, KOR26.31
Olympic Games
HeatsMen's 100m Backstroke2020Tokyo, JPN55.24
HeatsMen's 200m Backstroke2020Tokyo, JPN2:03.68
HeatsMen's 100m Backstroke2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA56.34
World Championships
HeatsMen's 100m Backstroke2023Fukuoka, JPN56.96
HeatsMen's 200m Backstroke2023Fukuoka, JPN2:07.48
HeatsMen's 50m Backstroke2019Gwangju, KOR25.84
HeatsMen's 100m Backstroke2019Gwangju, KOR55.34
HeatsMen's 50m Backstroke2015Kazan, RUS26.64
HeatsMen's 100m Backstroke2015Kazan, RUS57.57
Asian Championships
8Men's 50m Backstroke2016Tokyo, JPN26.00
8Men's 100m Backstroke2016Tokyo, JPN55.94
World Championships Short Course
HeatsMen's 100m Backstroke2022Melbourne, VIC, AUS55.04
HeatsMen's 200m Backstroke2022Melbourne, VIC, AUS1:59.49
HeatsMen's 50m Backstroke2018Hangzhou, CHN25.30
HeatsMen's 100m Backstroke2018Hangzhou, CHN54.29
HeatsMen's 50m Backstroke2014Doha, QAT25.80
HeatsMen's 100m Backstroke2014Doha, QAT56.82
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
5Men's 100m Backstroke2017Ashgabat, TKM52.86
7Men's 50m Backstroke2017Ashgabat, TKM24.77
10Men's 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay2017Ashgabat, TKM1:35.96
11Men's 4 x 50m Medley Relay2017Ashgabat, TKM1:44.90
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Athlete
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Coaching - National Institute of Sports and Tourism of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, TKM
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Russian, Turkmen
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2014 for Turkmenistan, in Istanbul, Turkiye (Athlete, 17 Sep 2014)
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He began swimming in 2005 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. (Athlete, 17 Sep 2014)
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His father took him to a swimming pool. (Athlete, 17 Sep 2014; Athlete, 02 Aug 2016)
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US swimmer Aaron Peirsol. (Athlete, 02 Aug 2016)
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"Citius, altius, fortius." [faster, higher, stronger] (Athlete, 02 Aug 2016)
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He and judoka Maysa Pardayeva were named as flag bearers for Turkmenistan for the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China. (HAGOC, 22 Sep 2023)

He and judoka Gulbadam Babamuratova were Turkmenistan's flag bearers for the opening ceremony of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (yerzemin, 23 Jul 2021)

He was Turkmenistan's flag bearer for the closing ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (ashgabat2017, 24 Sep 2017)

He has received the title of Master of Sport of International Class in Turkmenistan. (orient, 03 Mar 2023)
Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event