Vladimir Minashkin

Vladimir Ivanovich Minaschkin (Russian: Владимир Иванович Минашкин; * November 16, 1928 in Moscow, † 2000) was a Russian breaststroke and Honored Master of Sports, who set eight world records, four over 100 m breaststroke and four with the 4 × 100-meter medley relay of the USSR.

On February 11, 1953, he presented after a rule change - before, not only the Schmetterlingsarmzug, but even the dolphin - kicking breaststroke had established before the Fina independent discipline butterfly, more common dolphin created; Herbert Klein reached as at February 17, 1953 1:05,80 min, see also comments on list of swimming world records over 100m breaststroke -. World records in the 200 m breaststroke at 1:11,90 min. Minaschkin improved this result twelve days later, also in Leningrad, by seven tenths of a second and was replaced on 18 October 1953 by the Poland Marek Petrusewicz ( 1:10,90 ). Minaschkin took the world record again, this time on 24 February 1954 in Stockholm with 1:10,50 before him Petrusewicz, the grandfather of Łukasz wójt, on 23 May 1954 in Breslau again undercutting ( 1:09,80 ). After Masaru Furukawa had put the record on October 1, 1955 1:08,20, there was a new rule change Fina and the next world record achieved on May 1, 1957 Vítěslav Svozil ( 1:12,70 ). Then, Lieh- Yung Chi 1:11,60 with the worlds best before Minaschkin min the record with 1:11,50. in Leipzig for a fourth time could call his own on 15 September 1957. He was then only four years later replaced on May 5, 1961 in Moscow by Leonid Kolesnikov.

Minaschkins world record times with the 4 × 100 -meter medley relay of the USSR were 4:24,8 (1953), 4:21,3, 4:19,0 (1954) and 4:14,8 min. (1956).

In the European Swimming Championships 1958 in Budapest, the 4 × 100 -meter medley relay of the Soviet Union won him the gold medal in 4:16,5 min.