Vladimir Morozov (swimmer)

Vladimir Morozov
Vladimir Morozov, Trojan Swim Club, after winning 50-meter free (34348704764).jpg
Personal information
Full nameVladimir Viktorovich Morozov
Nickname(s)Vlad
National teamRussia Russia
Born (1992-06-16) 16 June 1992 (age 30)
Novosibirsk, Russia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, individual medley
ClubTrojan Swim Club
College teamUniversity of Southern California (U.S.)
Medal record
Men's swimming
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 1
World Championships (LC) 0 3 3
World Championships (SC) 11 11 2
European Championships (LC) 2 4 1
European Championships (SC) 17 7 3
Total 30 25 10
Representing Russian Swimming Federation
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2021 Abu Dhabi 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2021 Abu Dhabi 4×50 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2021 Abu Dhabi 4×50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Abu Dhabi 4×50 m mixed freestyle
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London 4×100 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place 2013 Barcelona 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kazan 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2019 Gwangju 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Budapest 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Gwangju 4×100 m medley
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2012 Istanbul 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2012 Istanbul 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2014 Doha 4×50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2016 Windsor 4×50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2016 Windsor 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2016 Windsor 4×50 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2016 Windsor 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2016 Windsor 4×50 m mixed freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hangzhou 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2012 Istanbul 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2014 Doha 100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2014 Doha 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2014 Doha 4×50 m mixed free
Silver medal – second place 2016 Windsor 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2016 Windsor 100 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2018 Hangzhou 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2018 Hangzhou 4×50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2018 Hangzhou 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2018 Hangzhou 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Hangzhou 4×50 m mixed freestyle
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Berlin 50 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2018 Glasgow 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2014 Berlin 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2014 Berlin 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2018 Glasgow 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2018 Glasgow 4×100 m mixed medley
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Berlin 4×100 m mixed medley
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2012 Chartres 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2012 Chartres 100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2013 Herning 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Herning 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Herning 100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2013 Herning 4×50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Herning 4×50 m mixed freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2017 Copenhagen 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2017 Copenhagen 4×50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2017 Copenhagen 4×50 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2019 Glasgow 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2019 Glasgow 50 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2019 Glasgow 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2019 Glasgow 4×50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2019 Glasgow 4×50 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2019 Glasgow 4×50 m mixed freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2019 Glasgow 4×50 m mixed medley
Silver medal – second place 2012 Chartres 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2012 Chartres 4×50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2012 Chartres 4×50 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2012 Chartres 4×50 m mixed freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2017 Copenhagen 4×50 m mixed freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2021 Kazan 4×50 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Chartres 50 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Kazan 50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Kazan 4×50 m freestyle
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kazan 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kazan 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kazan 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kazan 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2013 Kazan 50 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kazan 50 m breaststroke

Vladimir Viktorovich Morozov (Russian: Владимир Викторович Морозов; born 16 June 1992) is a Russian competitive swimmer and Olympic medalist. He is the former world record holder in the short course 100-metre individual medley, the current textile world record, World Cup record and Russian national record holder in the 100-metre individual medley and 100-metre freestyle (short course), and Russian record holder in the 50-metre freestyle (short course and long course). He also holds the European record for the 100-metre individual medley. Formerly he held the Russian national record in the 50-metre backstroke (long course) and the 50-metre butterfly (short course), and held the European and Russian records in the 50-metre breaststroke (short course).

In 2013, Morozov became the first person to swim faster than 18.00 seconds for 50 yards of freestyle on a relay in the NCAA with a time of 17.86 seconds. Over the course of his career, he has won 176 medals, including 123 gold medals, at Swimming World Cup circuits.

Background

Morozov was born 16 June 1992 in Russia, and emigrated to the United States as a 14-year-old. His parents divorced when he was one year old, he has no siblings, and as of 2018 he had not met his father. When he was nine years old, Morozov began his competitive swimming career. He won the first medal of his swimming career, a bronze medal, in the 200 metre backstroke when he was in the 9 to 10 year old age group, and one of the sports he has participated in outside of swimming is Olympic weightlifting. Once arriving in the United States, he attended Torrance High School in Torrance, California, graduating in 2010.

As a student at the University of Southern California, Morozov started competing collegiately and studying economics in pursuit of an undergraduate degree in 2010. In 2013, he left the University of Southern California to become a professional swimmer without graduating with his degree and in 2018 he expressed he was still interested in one day finishing his degree.

In 2021, Morozov announced his intent to compete at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles as a form of expressing gratitude to the city where he had lived and trained for 15 years.

Career

2012 Summer Olympics

2012 Summer Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 4x100 m freestyle relay 3:11.41

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, Morozov was as a member of the Russian 4x100-metre freestyle relay team, that placed third behind the relay teams from France and the United States and won the bronze medal in the event. Swimming the third leg of the relay, Morozov split a time of 47.85 seconds to help the relay finish in 3:11.41.

2012 World and European Championships

Following the Olympics, Morozov competed at the 2012 European Short Course Championships and the 2012 World Short Course Championships held at the end of 2012. At the European Championships in Chartres, France, Morozov won seven medals including individual titles in the 100-metre freestyle and 100-metre individual medley. At the World Championships in Istanbul, Morozov won gold medals in the 50-metre and 100-metre freestyle, and a silver medal in the 4x100-metre medley relay. In the 50-metre freestyle, Morozov defeated 2012 Olympic champion in the event, Florent Manaudou of France, as well as Anthony Ervin of the United States, and set the national record with a time of 20.55 seconds.

2013 NCAA and Championships

In March 2013, as a college junior, third year, and 20-year-old swimming for Coach Dave Salo at University of Southern California, Morozov won the NCAA Division I Championships title in both the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard freestyle. Also as part of the 2013 NCAA Championships, Morozov split a 17.86 on a freestyle leg of a relay and became the first person to swim 50 yards of freestyle in less than 18.00 seconds on a relay in the history of the NCAA. Following the end of his junior year, Morozov became a professional swimmer and stopped competing collegiately.

Fresh off his success at the NCAA Championships, Morozov competed at the 2013 Russian National Championships, breaking the Russian record in the long course 50-metre backstroke with a time of 24.80 seconds. Later in the year at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain, he set a new Russian national record in the long course 50-metre freestyle with a time of 21.47 seconds and earned the silver medal in the event, finishing less than two tenths of a second behind César Cielo.

2014

The following year, at the 2014 Russian National Championships, Morozov lowered his national record in the 50-metre backstroke to a 24.52, dropping almost three tenths of a second off the his previous record and best time of 24.80 seconds.

2016 Summer Olympics

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Morozov did not qualify for the final in either of his individuals events, the 50-metre freestyle and the 100-metre freestyle, finishing 9th and 10th respectively. Morozov also competed on the Russian 4×100-metre freestyle relay, splitting a time of 47.31 for the third leg of the relay in the final and helping the relay team place fourth in 3:11.64. In the final of the 4×100-metre medley relay Morozov contributed to the Russia relay team finishing in a time of 3:31.30 to place fourth.

2016 Swimming World Cup

Starting out at the first short course 2016 FINA Swimming World Cup stop in Chartres, France, Morozov broke the world record in the 100-metre individual medley set at 50.66 by Markus Deibler of Germany in 2014 with his time of 50.60 seconds. Later on in the World Cup circuit, four days later at the stop in Berlin, Germany, Morozov broke his own world record with a time of 50.30 seconds in the 100-metre individual medley.

2016 World Short Course Championships

2016 World Championships
Gold medal – first place 4×100 m freestyle 3:05.90
Gold medal – first place 4×50 m mixed freestyle 1:29.73
Gold medal – first place 4×50 m freestyle 1:24.32
Gold medal – first place 4×50 m medley 1:31.52
Gold medal – first place 4×100 m medley 3:21.17
Silver medal – second place 100 m breaststroke 57.00
Silver medal – second place 50 m freestyle 21.14

On the first day of competition at the 2016 World Short Course Championships in Windsor, Canada, Morozov won a gold medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay with a final relay time of 3:05.90, swimming the fastest split out of all 32 swimmers in the final with a 45.42 for the third leg of the relay. The second day, he won the silver medal in the 100-metre breaststroke with a 57.00, finishing 0.23 seconds behind first-place finisher Marco Koch of Germany and 0.04 seconds ahead of third-place finisher Fabio Scozzoli of Italy. Later in the same finals session, he split a 20.44 for the second leg of the 4×50-metre mixed freestyle relay to help win the gold medal in 1:29.73. In the final of the 4×50-metre freestyle relay on day four, Morozov swam a 20.71 for the anchor leg to help win the gold medal with a time of 1:24.32 and was only out-split amongst relay anchor leg swimmers by Tom Shields of the United States who split a 20.58. Approximately 15 minutes later, Morozov placed sixth in the final of the 100-metre individual medley with a 52.83, which was 0.99 seconds slower than the gold medalist in the event Michael Andrew of the United States. Less than an hour later, Morozov earned his second silver medal in an individual event at the Championships, this time finishing second in the 50-metre freestyle at 21.14 seconds, which was 0.04 seconds behind first-place finisher Jesse Puts of the Netherlands.

In the morning of day five, Morozov placed 18th in the prelims heats of the 100-metre freestyle with a 47.82 and did not advance to the semifinals stage of competition. For the day's finals sessions, he won a gold medal in the 4×50-metre medley relay swimming the fastest freestyle leg out of all the finals relays with a time of 20.46 to help achieve the final time of 1:31.52. On the sixth and final day of competition, Morozov was the only swimmer to split faster than 46.00 seconds for the freestyle leg of the 4×100-metre medley relay, splitting a 45.58, and helped achieved a gold medal win in a time of 3:21.17.

2017 Championships and World Cup

In April, at the 2017 Russian National Championships conducted in long course metres, Morozov broke the 50-metre freestyle national record he set in 2013 by swimming a 21.44 and lowering the record three hundredths of a second. During the 2017 FINA Swimming World Cup stop in Berlin in August, Morozov swam a 45.23 and broke the 100-metre freestyle Russian national record from eight years prior set at 45.36 by Yevgeny Lagunov. At the 2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark in December, Morozov set a new Russian national record in the 50-metre freestyle twice, swimming a time of 20.31 seconds and winning the gold medal in the event final after first lowering the national record to 20.45 seconds in the semifinals.

2018 National Championships

At the 2018 Russian National Championships in Moscow in April, Morozov broke his own Russian national record in the 50-metre backstroke, swimming a 24.35 for the new record and lowering his personal best time in the event by over one tenth of a second.

2018 Swimming World Cup

Morozov broke a number of short course records during the 2018 FINA Swimming World Cup, starting by setting a new world record, European record, and Russian national record in the 100-metre individual medley with a time of 50.26 seconds at the Eindhoven stop in late September. In early November at the World Cup stop in Tokyo, Morozov swam 50.26 seconds in the 100-metre individual medley again, tying his own pre-existing records. In Tokyo the following day, he set a new Russian national record in the 100-metre freestyle with a personal best time of 45.16 seconds that lowered his former national record from 2017 by seven hundredths of a second. At the World Cup stop in Singapore in mid-November, Morozov achieved the textile world record, World Cup record, and Russian record in the short course 100-metre freestyle, posting a time of 44.95 seconds, which was 0.01 seconds slower than the world record set in a full body-suit at 44.94 seconds by Amaury Leveaux of France in 2008, and becoming the second fastest swimmer in the event in history only behind Leveaux. The next day, Morozov set a new national record in the 50-metre butterfly with his time of 22.17 seconds, which was just 15 hundredths of a second ahead of Michael Andrew of the United States who placed second.

2019 Swimming World Cup

At the long course 2019 FINA Swimming World Cup series stop in Singapore, Morozov lowered the Russian record in the 50-metre freestyle by almost two tenths of a second to 21.27 seconds and tied Bruno Fratus of Brazil as the tenth fastest performer in the race to that point in time.

2019 European Championships

2019 European Championships
Gold medal – first place 50 m breaststroke 25.51 (ER,CR)
Gold medal – first place 4×50 m freestyle 1:22.92
Gold medal – first place 4×50 m mixed medley 1:36.22 (WR)
Gold medal – first place 50 m freestyle 20.40
Gold medal – first place 4×50 m mixed freestyle 1:28.31 (ER,CR)
Gold medal – first place 100 m freestyle 45.53
Gold medal – first place 4×50 m medley 1:30.63

Following the 2019 World Cup, Morozov competed at the 2019 European Short Course Swimming Championships, held at Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, and won seven gold medals. In the 50-metre breaststroke, his first event of the Championships, Morozov won the gold medal and set new European, Russian national, and Championships records with his time of 25.51 seconds. Less than 15 minutes later, he won a second gold medal, this time in the 4×50-metre freestyle relay where he split a 20.25 for the anchor leg of the relay to help achieve a final time of 1:22.92. The second day of competition, Morozov split a 25.40 for the breaststroke leg of the 4×50-metre mixed medley relay, contributing to winning the gold medal and setting a new world record and Championships record of 1:36.22. In his fourth event of the Championships, Morozov won the 50-metre freestyle with a time of 20.40 seconds, finishing 0.26 seconds ahead of the silver medalist in the event, Florent Manaudou of France.

On the fourth day of competition, Morozov won his fifth gold medal of the Championships, helping set new European and Championships records in the 4×50-metre mixed freestyle relay at 1:28.31 by splitting a 20.65 for the lead-off leg of the relay. He won the gold medal in his sixth of seven events, swimming a 45.53 in the final of the 100-metre freestyle to finish over three-tenths of a second ahead of the second-place finisher, Alessandro Miressi of Italy. For his seventh and final event, Morozov helped win the gold medal in the 4×50-metre medley relay with a final time of 1:30.63, swimming a 25.53 for the breaststroke leg of the relay.

2019—2020 International Swimming League

In 2019, Morozov was a member of the 2019 International Swimming League, in which he swam representing Team Iron. He was named Most Valuable Player in the Lewisville match and he also won the skins race twice in the first season at the matches in Lewisville and London. For the 2020 season, Morozov joined the newly established team, Tokyo Frog Kings.

2020 Summer Olympics

In July and August 2021 at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, which were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Morozov competed in both the prelims and the final of the 4x100 metre freestyle relay, helping the relay qualify for the final ranked eighth with a time of 3:13.13 and place seventh in the final with a time of 3:12.20, as well as the 50 metre freestyle where he placed 16th overall in the semifinals with a time of 22.25 seconds and did not advance to the final of the event. In August, following the Olympic Games, Morozov contracted COVID-19.

2021 Swimming World Cup

Stop 1: Berlin

2021 World Cup — Berlin
Bronze medal – third place 50 m freestyle 21.15

On the first day of the short course 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup stop number one in Berlin, Germany, Morozov tied for sixth place in the prelims heat of the 50-metre freestyle and qualified for the final later the same day. In the final, he tied Jesse Puts of the Netherlands for the bronze medal with a time of 21.15 seconds. The next day, Morozov competed in the 50-metre breaststroke, swimming a 27.12 and placing ninth overall. Day three, the final day of competition, he placed seventh in the prelims heats of the 50-metre butterfly with a time of 23.28 seconds and qualified for the final in the evening. Morozov placed fourth in the final, finishing less than three tenths of a second behind bronze medalist in the event Chad le Clos of South Africa with a time of 22.73 seconds.

Stop 2: Budapest

2021 World Cup — Budapest
Silver medal – second place 50 m freestyle 21.04
Silver medal – second place 100 m freestyle 46.25
Bronze medal – third place 50 m butterfly 22.52

Stop number two of the World Cup series, held in Budapest, Hungary, Morozov started his competition on day one, swimming a 21.51 in the 50-metre freestyle prelims in the morning and advancing to the final in the evening. He won his first medal in the final, finishing in 21.04 seconds, and less than one tenth of a second behind Kyle Chalmers of Australia, to win the silver medal. Day two of competition, Morozov ranked third in the 100-metre freestyle prelims heats at 47.41 seconds and advanced to the final. In the final he finished second, over half a second behind Kyle Chalmers and over half a second ahead of Kristóf Milák of Hungary, in a time of 46.25 seconds and won his second silver medal of the stop. On the third and final day of competition, Morozov placed ninth and achieved alternate status for the final of the 50-metre butterfly with a time of 23.30 seconds in the prelims heats. His alternate status was called upon and he was able to compete in the final where he won his third medal of the stop, this time a bronze medal, in a time of 22.52 seconds only behind Tom Shields of the United States and Szebasztián Szabó of Hungary.

Stop 3: Doha

2021 World Cup — Doha
Gold medal – first place 50 m freestyle 20.89
Silver medal – second place 100 m freestyle 46.31

Prior to the start of competition at the third World Cup stop, which was held in Doha, Qatar for the year, Morozov was mentioned as an athlete to watch during the stop by Swimming World. Building repetition into his World Cup stop entries, Morozov chose to go with the honed entry list of events, 50-metre freestyle, 100-metre freestyle and 50-metre butterfly, he swam in Budapest for Doha. Beginning his competition, Morozov ranked third in the morning prelims heats of the 50-metre freestyle on day one, qualifying for the final as one of three swimmers under 22 seconds with his time of 21.87 seconds. Morozov won his first gold medal of the 2021 World Cup circuit in the final of the 50-metre freestyle, finishing first with a time of 20.89. In the morning prelims on day two, Morozov ranked fourth overall with a time of 47.56 in the 100-metre freestyle, just one hundredth of a second behind Kyle Chalmers heading into the final. He cruised to winning a silver medal in a time of 46.31 seconds in the final, finishing only after Kyle Chalmers. Starting the last day of competition at the Doha stop, Morozov ranked eighth in the prelims heats of the 50-metre butterfly with a time of 23.67 and qualified for the final later the same day. Finishing the day off, he placed fourth in the final of the 50-metre butterfly with a time of 22.76 seconds.

Stop 4: Kazan

2021 World Cup — Kazan
Silver medal – second place 50 m freestyle 20.81
Silver medal – second place 100 m freestyle 46.32

Morozov was mentioned as a competitor to watch in his freestyle races against Kyle Chalmers by FINA in advance of the start of competition at the Kazan Aquatics Palace in Kazan for the fourth and final stop of the year's World Cup circuit. Participating in a FINA-hosted press conference, Morozov spoke about fitness, performance, and racing Kyle Chalmers in regards to the last stop:

First of all, my main goal is to keep fit, and my paramount goal is to try qualify for the World Championships. In August, I had COVID, and my fit was zero. Then I got recovered and started to train hard. I guess I am not in the best shape now, as for the previous leg it was 7 out of 10. So maybe in Kazan I will try to beat Chalmers.

Making good on his promise to try and beat Kyle Chalmers, Morozov ranked third overall in the prelims heats of the 50-metre freestyle with a time of 21.25 seconds that was just one tenth of a second behind Kyle Chalmers, who ranked first in the heats, and both advanced to the final later in the day. In the medal determining finals race for the event, Morozov swam his fastest time in the 50-metre freestyle for the 2021 World Cup circuit, a 20.81, and finished just thirteen hundredths of a second after Kyle Chalmers for the silver medal. Morozov kept pace in the prelims heats of the 100-metre freestyle in the morning of day two of competition, advancing to the final ranking fourth with his time of 47.07 seconds from the morning. In the final of the 100-metre freestyle, Morozov won the silver medal with a time of 46.32 seconds and finished second to Kyle Chalmers who set a new world record in the event, a feat Morozov had narrowly missed a few years earlier when he swam within one hundredth of a second of the world record. Starting off the last day of the World Cup, Morozov tied for fourth in the prelims heats of the 50-metre butterfly with a time 22.87 seconds that was six-hundredths of a second faster than Kyle Chalmers who ranked sixth. Morozov finished off the podium in the final, coming in fifth-place and thirty-five hundredths of a second behind Kyle Chalmers who won the bronze medal.

In terms of overall points scored from all 2021 World Cup stops by a male competitor, Morozov took first-place amongst Russian swimmers, third-place amongst the competitors whose country hosted at least one of the year's World Cup stops, and ninth-place for competitors from any country. In terms of total medals won, Morozov ranked tenth amongst male competitors with his total of eight medals, one of which was gold, five of which were silver, and two of which were bronze.

2021 European Championships

2021 European Championships
Silver medal – second place 4x50 m medley relay 1:30.79
Bronze medal – third place 50 m freestyle 20.95
Bronze medal – third place 4x50 m freestyle relay 1:23.35

For the 2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships held in Kazan from 2 to 7 November, Morozov entered to compete in three events, the 50-metre freestyle, the 100-metre freestyle, and the 100-metre individual medley. The day before the start of competition, an updated entries list revealed Morozov had pulled out of racing the 100-metre individual medley at the Championships. His first race, the final of the 4x50-metre freestyle relay on day one of competition, Morozov led-off the relay with a split time of 21.22 seconds and helped the relay win the bronze medal with a time of 1:23.35. On the second day, Morozov competed in his first individual race, swimming a 21.23 in the prelims heats of the 50-metre freestyle and qualifying for the semifinals. In the semifinals of the 50-metre freestyle, Morozov lowered his time from the prelims by a quarter of a second, swimming a 20.98 and advancing to the final ranked third. In the final of the 4x50-metre medley relay the same day, Morozov split a 22.18 for the butterfly leg of the relay, helping the finals relay achieve a time of 1:30.79 and win the silver medal. The third day of competition, he swam a 20.95 in the final of the 50-metre freestyle and won a bonze medal in the event.

Day number five, 6 November, Morozov swam a 46.75 in the prelims heats of the 100-metre freestyle, ranked eighth overall, and did not advance to the semifinals as he ranked fourth amongst Russian swimmers in the prelims heats and each country was limited to two swimmers past the prelims heats. Later in the day, he split a 21.30 for the first leg of the 4x50-metre mixed freestyle relay in the final, helping the relay achieve a time of 1:29.40 and earn a silver medal. After Russia won the silver medal, the relay team who touched the wall fourth, the team from Poland, protested Russia winning a medal, so LEN decided to disqualify Morozov and the rest of the 4x50-metre mixed freestyle relay team from Russia and strip them of the medals they had already received and give the Poland relay team bronze medals for their efforts as the Russian swimmers did not swim in the order submitted to officials before the race.

2021 World Short Course Championships

2021 World Championships
Gold medal – first place 4×100 m freestyle 3:03.45
Gold medal – first place 4×50 m medley 1:30.51 (CR)
Silver medal – second place 4×50 m freestyle 1:23.75
Bronze medal – third place 4×50 m mixed freestyle 1:28.97

On 2 December Morozov was officially announced to the Russia team roster for the 2021 World Short Course Championships to be held at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates starting on 16 December. Day one of competition, Morozov won a gold medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay for his contributions alongside prelims relay teammates Andrei Minakov, Aleksandr Shchegolev, and Daniil Markov when the finals relay, which did not include Morozov, finished first. The second day of competition, Morozov led-off the 4×50 metre mixed freestyle relay in the final with a 21.17, helping achieve a bronze-medal-winning time of 1:28.97. In the prelims heats of the 50 metre freestyle on day three, Morozov did not qualify for the semifinals, ranking 17th with a time of 21.54 seconds. Morozov led-off the 4×50 metre freestyle relay in the prelims heats on day four with a 21.33, helping qualify the relay for the final tied for first in rank. In the final, Morozov split a 20.61 for the second leg of the relay, which tied Alessandro Miressi of Italy for the second-fastest split in the final of the event and contributed to a silver-medal-win and a final relay time of 1:23.75. On day five, Morozov split a 20.37 for the freestyle leg of the 4×50-meter medley relay in the final, contributing to a Championships record and gold-medal-winning time of 1:30.51.

International championships (50 m)

Meet 50 free 100 free 50 back 100 back 50 breast 4×100 free 4×100 medley 4×100 mixed free 4×100 mixed medley
WC 2011 5th
OG 2012 10th (h) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 12th
WUG 2013 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WC 2013 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5th 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4th
EC 2014 12th (h) 10th (h) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5th 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
WC 2015 4th DSQ 5th 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5th 4th 5th
OG 2016 10th 9th 4th 4th
WC 2017 4th 24th 4th 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
EC 2018 4th 5th (h) 4th 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
WC 2019 4th 24th 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5th
OG 2020 16th 7th
a Morozov swam only in the preliminary heats.

International championships (25 m)

Meet 50 free 100 free 50 back 50 breast 100 breast 50 fly 100 medley 4×50 free 4×100 free 4×50 medley 4×100 medley 4×50 mixed free 4×50 mixed medley
ESC 2012 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd (h) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 11th
WC 2012 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) DNS 4th 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
ESC 2013 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) DSQ 1st place, gold medalist(s) DSQ
WC 2014 4th 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4th 4th 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
WC 2016 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 18th 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6th 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
ESC 2017 1st place, gold medalist(s) DNS 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
WC 2018 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
ESC 2019 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
ESC 2021 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8th (h) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) DSQ
WC 2021 17th 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
a Morozov swam only in the preliminary heats.

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

As of 11 October 2021
Event Time Meet Location Date Notes
50 m freestyle 21.27 2019 FINA Swimming World Cup Singapore 15 August 2019 NR
100 m freestyle 47.62 2013 Summer Universiade Kazan 28 July 2013
50 m backstroke 24.29 2018 European Aquatics Championships Glasgow, Scotland 3 August 2018
100 m backstroke 53.70 2013 Russian National Championships Kazan 17 April 2013
50 m breaststroke 27.34 2013 Summer Universiade Kazan 14 July 2013
100 m breaststroke 1:03.78 2015 California Speedo Grand Challenge Irvine, United States 22 May 2015
50 m butterfly 23.38 2018 FINA Swimming World Cup Kazan 3 August 2018

Short course metres (25 m pool)

As of 11 October 2021
Event Time Meet Location Date Notes
50 m freestyle 20.31 2017 European Swimming Championships Copenhagen, Denmark 15 December 2017 NR
100 m freestyle 44.95 2018 FINA Swimming World Cup Singapore 16 November 2018 NR
50 m breaststroke 25.51 2019 European Swimming Championships Glasgow, Scotland 4 December 2019 Former ER, NR
100 m breaststroke 56.33 2016 FINA Swimming World Cup Beijing, China 1 October 2016
50 m butterfly 22.17 2018 FINA Swimming World Cup Singapore 17 November 2018 Former NR
100 m individual medley 50.26 2018 FINA Swimming World Cup Eindhoven, Netherlands 28 September 2018 ER, NR, Former WR

Short course yards (25 yd pool)

As of 20 November 2021
Event Time Meet Location Date
50 yd freestyle 18.63 2013 NCAA Championships Indianapolis, United States 28 March 2013
100 yd freestyle 40.76 2013 NCAA Championships Indianapolis, United States 30 March 2013
100 yd breaststroke 52.01 2013 NCAA Championships Indianapolis, United States 29 March 2013

Swimming World Cup circuits

The following medals Morozov has won at Swimming World Cup circuits.

Edition Gold medals Silver medals Bronze medals Total
2013 19 8 3 30
2016 42 10 4 56
2017 19 3 2 24
2018 22 7 8 37
2019 20 1 0 21
2021 1 5 2 8
Total 123 34 19 176

World records

Short course metres

No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Age Ref
1 4x50 m mixed freestyle relay 1:29.53 2013 European Swimming Championships Herning, Denmark 14 December 2013 Former 21
2 4x50 m freestyle relay 1:22.60 2014 World Swimming Championships Doha, Qatar 6 December 2014 Former 22
3 100 m individual medley 50.60 2016 FINA Swimming World Cup Chartres, France 26 August 2016 Former 24
4 100 m individual medley (2) 50.30 2016 FINA Swimming World Cup Berlin, Germany 30 August 2016 Former 24
5 4x50 m medley relay 1:30.44 2017 European Swimming Championships Copenhagen, Denmark 17 December 2017 Former 25
6 100 m individual medley (3) 50.26 2018 FINA Swimming World Cup Eindhoven, Netherlands 28 September 2018 Former 26
7 100 m individual medley (4) 50.26 = 2018 FINA Swimming World Cup Tokyo, Japan 9 November 2018 Former 26
8 4x50 m mixed medley relay 1:36.22 2019 European Swimming Championships Glasgow, Scotland 5 December 2019 Former 27

a split 20.72 (2nd leg); with Sergei Fesikov (1st leg), Rozaliya Nasretdinova (3rd leg), Veronika Popova (4th leg)
b split 21.01 (1st leg); with Evgeny Sedov (2nd leg), Oleg Tikhobaev (3rd leg), Sergei Fesikov (4th leg)
c split 20.24 for freestyle leg; with Kliment Kolesnikov (backstroke), Kirill Prigoda (breaststroke), Aleksandr Popkov (butterfly)
d split 25.40 for breaststroke leg; with Kliment Kolesnikov (backstroke), Arina Surkova (butterfly), Maria Kameneva (freestyle)

Continental and national records

Long course metres

No. Event Time Meet Location Date Type Status Age Ref
1 50 m backstroke 24.80 sf 2013 Russian National Championships Kazan 18 April 2013 NR Former 20
2 50 m freestyle 21.47 2013 World Aquatics Championships Barcelona, Spain 3 August 2013 NR Former 21
3 50 m backstroke (2) 24.52 2014 Russian National Championships Moscow 16 May 2014 NR Former 21
4 50 m freestyle (2) 21.44 sf 2017 Russian National Championships Moscow 14 April 2017 NR Former 24
5 50 m backstroke (3) 24.35 2018 Russian National Championships Moscow 20 April 2018 NR Former 25
6 4x100 m mixed medley relay 3:42.71 2018 European Championships Glasgow, Scotland 6 August 2018 NR Former 26
7 4x100 m mixed freestyle relay 3:22.72 2019 World Aquatics Championships Gwangju, South Korea 27 July 2019 NR Current 27
8 4x100 m medley relay 3:28.81 2019 World Aquatics Championships Gwangju, South Korea 28 July 2019 NR Current 27
9 50 m freestyle (3) 21.27 2019 FINA Swimming World Cup Singapore 15 August 2019 NR Current 27
Legend: NRRussian record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Short course metres

No. Event Time Meet Location Date Type Status Age Ref Notes
1 50 m freestyle 20.55 2012 World Championships Istanbul, Turkey 14 December 2012 NR Former 20
2 4x50 m mixed freestyle relay 1:29.53 2013 European Championships Herning, Denmark 14 December 2013 ER, NR Former 21 Former WR
3 4x50 m freestyle relay 1:22.60 2014 World Championships Doha, Qatar 6 December 2014 ER, NR Former 22 Former WR
4 100 m individual medley 50.60 2016 Swimming World Cup Chartres, France 26 August 2016 ER, NR Former 24 Former WR
5 100 m individual medley (2) 50.30 2016 Swimming World Cup Berlin, Germany 30 August 2016 ER, NR Former 24 Former WR
6 100 m freestyle 45.23 2017 Swimming World Cup Berlin, Germany 6 August 2017 NR Former 25
7 50 m freestyle (2) 20.45 sf 2017 European Championships Copenhagen, Denmark 15 December 2017 NR Former 25
8 50 m freestyle (3) 20.31 2017 European Championships Copenhagen, Denmark 15 December 2017 NR Current 25
9 4x50 m medley relay 1:30.44 2017 European Championships Copenhagen, Denmark 17 December 2017 ER, NR Current 25 Former WR
10 100 m individual medley (3) 50.26 2018 Swimming World Cup Eindhoven, Netherlands 28 September 2018 ER, NR Current 26 Former WR
11 100 m individual medley (4) 50.26 = 2018 Swimming World Cup Tokyo, Japan 9 November 2018 ER, NR Current 26 Former WR
12 100 m freestyle (2) 45.16 2018 Swimming World Cup Tokyo, Japan 10 November 2018 NR Former 26
13 100 m freestyle (3) 44.95 2018 Swimming World Cup Singapore 16 November 2018 NR Current 26
14 50 m butterfly 22.17 2018 Swimming World Cup Singapore 17 November 2018 NR Former 26
15 4x100 m freestyle relay 3:03.11 2018 World Championships Hangzhou, China 11 December 2018 ER, NR Current 26
16 4x50 m freestyle relay (2) 1:22.22 2018 World Championships Hangzhou, China 14 December 2018 NR Current 26
17 50 m breaststroke 25.51 2019 European Championships Glasgow, Scotland 4 December 2019 ER, NR Former 27
18 4x50 m mixed medley relay 1:36.22 2019 European Championships Glasgow, Scotland 5 December 2019 ER, NR Current 27 WR
19 4x50 m mixed freestyle relay (2) 1:28.31 2019 European Championships Glasgow, Scotland 7 December 2019 ER, NR Current 27
Legend: WRWorld record; EREuropean record; NRRussian record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Honours

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Medal of the Order "For Services to the Fatherland" II degree (13 August 2012) – for outstanding contribution to the development of physical culture and sports, high athletic achievements at the XXX Olympic Games 2012 in London (United Kingdom).

Awards

  • Swimming World, High School Swimmer of the Year (Male): 2010
  • SwimSwam, Top 100 (Men's): 2021 (#48), 2022 (#58)

See also


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