# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/denis-pankratov
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:17:41.652Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/denis-pankratov"
name: "Denis Pankratov"
slug: "denis-pankratov"
description: "Denis Pankratov is a retired Russian butterfly swimmer of the 1990s, who was best known for winning the butterfly double at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States in a unique style. His 100 m butterfly triumph is particularly remembered for his swimming over 25 m of the first lap underwater and then 15 m in the opposite direction, also underwater. Two-time \"Swimming World\" Swimmer of the Year. In 2004 he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF). He trained at the Volgograd club with fellow individual gold medallist at \"Swimming World\" Swimmer of the Year Yevgeny Sadovyi."
tagline: "Russian swimmer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Denis_Pankratov%2C_March_2015.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1974-07-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             15.79800498753117
  historical:           18.38009733333334
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump