Vitaly Melnikov (swimmer)

Vitaly Melnikov
Personal information
Born 20 March 1990 (1990-03-20) (age 26)
Voronezh, Russia
Sport
Sport Swimming

Vitaly Viktorovich Melnikov (Russian: Виталий Викторович Мельников; born 20 March 1990) is a Russian backstroke swimmer.

Career

At the 2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships, he won an individual silver medal in the 100 m backstroke and two medley relay gold medals, in the men's and mixed competitions, breaking world records in both medley events.[1] Those results were annulled after a positive doping test of his samples taken during those European Championships. Melnikov was suspended from competitions in April 2014, and banned in March 2015 until 12 December 2015.[2]

References

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