Yegor Pávlov

2019 World Junior Championships

In August 2019, Pavlov won a gold medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay, silver medals in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay and the 4×200 metre freestyle relay, and a bronze medal in the 100 metre butterfly at the 2019 World Junior Championships held at Danube Arena in Budapest, Hungary. For the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, Pavlov split a 49.67 for the third leg of the relay in the final to help the relay win the silver medal with a time of 3:16.26. Pavlov ranked fifth in the prelims heats of the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 52.54 seconds, qualifying him for the semifinals. In the semifinals he followed up his prelims swim with a time of 52.11 seconds, advancing to the final of the event ranking third. Finishing third in the final of the 100 metre butterfly behind gold medalist Andrey Minakov and silver medalist Federico Burdisso of Italy with a personal best time of 51.90 seconds, Pavlov won the bronze medal.

Pavlov also helped advance the 4×200 metre freestyle relay to the final ranked third, swimming the second leg of the relay in 1:50.49, and won a silver medal for his efforts when the finals relay finished second with a time of 7:11.90. Two days later, Pavlov competed in the 200 metre butterfly prelims heats, where he ranked fifth with a 1:58.38 and qualified for the final. The same morning, he also swum the butterfly leg of the 4×100 metre medley relay in the heats, splitting a 52.76 to help the relay advance to the final ranked third. He won a gold medal later in the same finals session when the 4×100 metre medley relay finished first and all prelims and finals relay members received a gold medal for their efforts. In the 100 metre butterfly final later the same day, he placed eighth with a time of 51.61 seconds. The next day, Pavlov ranked first in the prelims heats of the 200 metre butterfly with his time of 1:55.64. Pavlov swam a 1:55.45 in the final, finishing third behind Tom Shields of the United States and Louis Croenen of Belgium to win the bronze medal.

2021 European Short Course Championships

On the first day of competition at the 2021 European Short Course Championships in Kazan, 2 November, Pavlov ranked tenth in the prelims heats of the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 50.63 seconds, and did not qualify for the semifinals as he was not one of the two fastest swimmers from Russia for the event and the number of competitors from a country was capped at two for the semifinals. Two days later, Pavlov ranked first in the prelims heats of the 200 metre butterfly with a time of 1:51.99, which was 1.4 seconds faster than the second-ranked qualifier for the semifinals, Krzysztof Chmielewski of Poland. In the semifinals of the 200 metre butterfly later the same day, Pavlov qualified for the final with a 1:52.07 and ranked third overall. The following day, 5 November, Pavlov won the bronze medal in the final of the 200 metre butterfly with a personal best time of 1:51.81, finishing 1.57 seconds after gold medalist Alberto Razzetti of Italy and 0.7 seconds behind silver medalist Kristóf Milák of Hungary. Speaking to LEN about his bronze-medal-win, Pavlov said, "I managed to enhance my time, so I am pleased with the result."

2022: Twice banned for his nationality Hungry to make his debut at a World Short Course Swimming Championships at the 2022 World Short Course Championships, originally scheduled to be held in Kazan in his home country and later transplanted to the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre in Australia, Pavlov had his home-country debut dreams squashed by FINA after they moved the event out Russia and then banned all Russians and Belarusians from their competitions at least from 21 April 2022 through 31 December 2022. Additionally, LEN opposed his presence at their competitions by banning him along with all other Russian and Belarusian competitors and officials starting 3 March 2022 and continuing indefinitely. While he and other Russians were allowed to compete at other competitions, not organized by LEN nor FINA, the times they achieved did not count for world records nor world rankings.

Continuing on with competition nationally instead, Pavlov won the bronze medal in the short course 200 metre butterfly during the second swimming portion of the 2022 Russian Solidarity Games in November, a competition for multiple sports and including multiple countries, achieving his medal with a personal best time of 1:51.37. In the 100 metre butterfly, he placed seventh in the final, finishing 0.72 seconds behind gold medalist Andrey Minakov with a time of 50.64 seconds.

2023

On 5 April 2023, World Aquatics (formerly FINA), renewed its ban on Russians and Belarusians (from 2022) indefinitely. On 17 April, the second day of the 2023 Russian National Championships at the Palace of Water Sports in Kazan, Pavlov ranked fifth in the preliminaries of the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 52.64 seconds and qualified for the evening semifinals. He lowered his time to a 52.11 in the semifinals and qualified for the final ranking sixth. In the final of the 100 metre butterfly on the third evening, he placed sixth with a time of 51.92 seconds. Later in the session, he contributed a split time of 50.72 seconds for the second leg of the Penza Oblast region relay team in the 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay event to a final time of 3:36.76 and fourth-place finish. On day four, he placed 43rd in the 50 metre butterfly preliminaries with his time of 24.90 seconds. The following morning, he swam a 58.20 in the preliminaries of the 100 metre freestyle, placing 143rd overall. Day six of six, he started with a first-rank time of 1:58.04 in the preliminaries of the 200 metre butterfly, qualifying for the evening final. He lowered his time to a new personal best time of 1:56.25 in the final and won the bronze medal, finishing 0.57 seconds behind gold medalist Alexander Kudashev.

International championships Pavlov swam only in the prelims heats.

Personal best times Long course metres (50 m pool) Event Time Meet Location Date Ref 50 m butterfly 24.29 † 2019 World Junior Championships Budapest, Hungary 22 August 2019 100 m butterfly 51.90 2019 World Junior Championships Budapest, Hungary 22 August 2019 200 m butterfly 1:56.25 2023 Russian National Championships Kazan 21 April 2023 Legend: † – en route to final mark

Short course metres (25 m pool) Event Time Meet Location Date Ref 50 m butterfly 23.48 2020 Russian Championships Saint Petersburg 16 December 2020 100 m butterfly 50.58 2020 Russian Championships Saint Petersburg 16 December 2020 200 m butterfly 1:51.37 2022 Solidarity Games Kazan 20 November 2022