Egor Kornev

Egor Denisovich Kornev (Russian: Егор Денисович Корнев; born 6 February 2004) is a Russian swimmer. He is a two-time world champion in the medley relay. As of 2024 he is the world record holder in the short-course medley relay. He holds the Russian records in the long-course 50 m freestyle, 100 m freestyle, and 50 m butterfly events.

Early life

Egor Kornev was born on 6 February 2004 in St. Petersburg. He started swimming at SSOR No. 3 in Kalininsky district of St. Petersburg with Margarita Perova and Larisa Dvorak. After graduating from primary school he moved to SSOR Ekran to Elena Kuznetsova and Olga Baidalova.

Career In December 2024, Kornev competed at the World Championships (25 m) in Budapest, representing Neutral Athletes B (NAB). He swam in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, splitting 45.94 on the first leg; NAB finished fourth in a time of 3:04.62. Kornev then competed in the 100 m freestyle, recording a time of 45.58 to finish fifth. His next event was the mixed 4 × 50 m freestyle relay, in which he split 20.88 on the first leg; NAB finished fourth in a time of 1:28.95. Kornev's final event was the men's 4 × 100 m medley relay, in which he split 45.42 on the freestyle leg; NAB won the gold medal in a world record time of 3:18.68, surpassing the mark of 3:18.98 set by Australia and the US in 2022.

In July–August 2025, Kornev competed at the World Championships in Singapore. He swam the 100 m freestyle, finishing fifth in a time of 47.51. He then competed in the mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, splitting 47.69 on the first leg. NAB won the silver medal in a time of 3:19.68, surpassing the European record of 3:21.68 set by Great Britain in 2023. Kornev's final event was the men's 4 × 100 m medley relay, where he split 46.40 to overtake France's Yann le Goff on the freestyle leg. NAB won the gold medal in a time of 3:26.93. This was a new championship record, surpassing the US' mark of 3:27.20 from 2023. It was also a new European record, and was 0.15 slower than the US' world record from 2021.

In June 2026, Kornev competed at the Russian Championships in Kazan. He went 46.99 in the semifinals of the 100 m freestyle, breaking the Russian record of 47.11 set by Kliment Kolesnikov in 2021. The same session, he broke another national record, this time in the 50 m butterfly, achieving a time of 22.59 to surpass Oleg Kostin's mark of 22.62 from 2023. The following day, Kornev lowered his 100 m freestyle record to 46.96. He went 21.12 in the 50 m freestyle semifinals, breaking Vladimir Morozov's mark of 21.27 from 2019. Kornev set another national record in the final, recording a time of 21.06.

Awards and honors

In 2021, he received the title "Master of Sports of Russia" In 2022, "Master of Sports of Russia International Class" Won the All-Russian Swimming Federation award (2023) in the category "Discovery of the Year"