Danila Izotov

Danila Sergeevich Izotov (; born 2 October 1991) is a Russian swimmer, a member of the Russian National team since 2008, and a multiple medalist at the Olympic Games and World Championships, as well as a European champion. He is coached by his father, Sergey Alexandrovich Izotov. He is the nephew of soviet swimmer Elvira Vasilkova.

Career Izotov made his debut in the Russian national team at the 2007 European Youth Olympic Festival in Belgrade, Serbia, where he won four gold medals – 100 m, 200 m, 400 m freestyle and 4×100 mixed relay.

Izotov won a silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay together with Alexander Sukhorukov, Yevgeny Lagunov and Nikita Lobintsev. That year, he also won the men's 200 m freestyle at the European Short Course Championships.

In 2009, he set a world record in the 4 × 100 m medley in short swimming pools of 3:19.16 in St. Petersburg. At the World Championships, he also won a silver in the freestyle and an individual silver medal in the 200 m freestyle.

At the 2018 European Championships, he won one medal of each colour, gold in the men's freestyle relay, silver in the men's freestyle relay, and bronze in the mixed freestyle relay.

Education Izotov is a student of the Institute of Physical Culture , Ural State Pedagogical University (USPU) Yekaterinburg.

Awards and titles Honoured Master of Sports of Russian Federation.

The medal of order for the merits before the motherland of the 2nd degree – for the valuable contribution in the development of physical culture and sport, high sports achievements on the XXIX Olympic Games of 2008 in Beijing (2009).