Dmitri Ivanovich Sautin

Sautin, 2017

Dmitri Ivanovich Sautin ( Russian Дмитрий Иванович Саутин ; born March 15, 1974 in Voronezh ) is a former Russian diver . He competed in five Olympic Games and won eight Olympic medals, more than any other diver.

Life

Sautin began jumping at the age of seven. In 1991 he was seriously injured in a knife fight at a bus stop. After spending two months in the hospital, he was able to resume training in time for the 1992 Olympics. In Barcelona he won bronze from the board for the CIS . From 1993 Sautin competed for Russia. At the European Championships in Sheffield he won his first major title, and by 2008 he had twelve European titles. At the 1994 World Championships in Rome, Sautin was first world champion in diving , winning a total of five titles. In 1996 he won his first Olympic gold medal from the tower. With the introduction of synchronized jumping in 2000, the starting opportunities doubled, and at the European Championships in Helsinki in 2000, Sautin won three titles and one silver medal. At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Sautin won four medals, including gold in synchronized jumping from the tower, along with Igor Lukashin .

International medals

• Olympic games
  • 1992 : Bronze 3-meter board
  • 1996 : Gold 10 meter tower
  • 2000 : Gold 10-meter tower synchronized jumping
  • 2000: Silver 3-meter board synchronized jumping
  • 2000: Bronze 3-meter board
  • 2000: Bronze 10 meter tower
  • 2004 : Bronze 3-meter board
  • 2008 : Silver 3-meter board synchronized jumping

• Swimming world championships
  • 1994: Gold 10 meter tower
  • 1994: Silver 3-meter board
  • 1998: Gold 10 meter tower
  • 1998: Gold 3-meter board
  • 2001 : Gold 3-meter board
  • 2001: Bronze 3 meter board synchronized jumping
  • 2003 : Gold 3-meter board synchronized jumping
  • 2003: Bronze 3-meter board
  • 2007 : Bronze 3-meter board

• European Swimming Championships
  • 1991: Silver 10-meter tower
  • 1993: Gold 10 meter tower
  • 1993: Silver 3-meter board
  • 1995: Gold 3-meter board
  • 1995: Bronze 10 meter tower
  • 1997: Gold 3-meter board
  • 1999: Gold 10 meter tower
  • 2000: Gold 3-meter board
  • 2000: Gold 10 meter tower
  • 2000: Silver 3-meter board synchronized jumping
  • 2000: Gold 10-meter tower synchronized jumping
  • 2002: Gold 3-meter board
  • 2002: Gold 3-meter board synchronized jumping
  • 2006 : Gold 3-meter board
  • 2006: Silver 3-meter board synchronized jumping
  • 2008 : Gold 3-meter board
  • 2008: Gold 3-meter board synchronized jumping
  • 2010 : Bronze 3-meter board synchronized jumping

literature

• Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 .

Web links

Commons : Dmitriy Sautin  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Sautin on Olympic.org (English)