Uladzimir Izotau

Belarus

Swimming

Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment

Vision impairment

Origin of Impairment

Congenital

Classification

S12, SB12, SM12

Further personal information

Family

Wife Yulia, daughters Veronica [2018] and Viola

Residence

Gomel, BLR

Occupation

Athlete

Languages

Belarusian, Russian

Higher education

Physical Education - Francisk Skorina Gomel State University: Belarus

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?

He took up swimming as a child, and began training seriously at age 16 in Gomel, Belarus.

Why this sport?

"My mother was a swimmer and competed at national level."

Name of coach

Dzmitry Koshel, BLR

General interest

Nicknames

Tusya (euroradio.fm, 18 Jun 2018)

Hobbies

Music. (Athlete, 17 Feb 2021)

Memorable sporting achievement

Winning a gold medal in the SB12 100m breaststroke at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Athlete, 12 Sep 2019)

Most influential person in career

Coach Gennady Vishnyakov. (Athlete, 25 Sep 2017)

Sporting philosophy / motto

"Don't give up." (Athlete, 05 Dec 2017)

Awards and honours

He has received the title of Master of Sport of International Class in Belarus. (paradefsport.by, 27 Dec 2019; Athlete, 25 Sep 2017)

Famous relatives

His mother competed in swimming at national level. (Athlete, 12 Sep 2019)

Ambitions

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 17 Feb 2021)

Other information

OTHER STUDIES
He has studied physical education at the Belarusian State University of Physical Education in Minsk. (Athlete, 12 Sep 2019)

MUSICIAN
He plays the drums in the heavy metal band 'Grindzilla'. The band released a self-titled album through Czech music label Bizarre Leprous Production in 2018. (Grindzilla Facebook page, 28 Feb 2020; euroradio.fm, 18 Jun 2018)

Results

		Unit	Date	Rank

IPC Swimming World Championships Durban 2006 (Durban, South Africa)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 100 m Freestyle S13	Heats	15
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB13	Heats	5
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB13	Final Round	9999

IPC Swimming World Championships Eindhoven 2010 (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 100 m Butterfly S12	Final Round	6
Men's 100 m Butterfly S12	Heat 2	4
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB12	Final Round	2
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB12	Heat 2	1

Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB13	Final Round	3
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB13	Heat 2	2
Men's 100 m Butterfly S13	Heat 2	4

London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 100 m Butterfly S12	Heat 1	2012-09-02	5
Men's 50 m Freestyle S12	Final Round	2012-09-07	5
Men's 50 m Freestyle S12	Heat 3	2012-09-07	3
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB12	Heat 1	2012-09-08	1
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB12	Final Round	2012-09-08	2

2013 IPC Swimming World Championships (Montreal, Canada)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 100 m Butterfly S12	Final 1	2013-08-13	8
Men's 100 m Butterfly S12	Heat 1	2013-08-13	7
Men's 50 m Freestyle S12	Heat 1	2013-08-15	8
Men's 50 m Freestyle S12	Swim-Off	2013-08-15	9999
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB12	Final 1	2013-08-18	1

2015 IPC Swimming World Championships (Glasgow, Great Britain)
Event	Medal	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 50 m Freestyle S13		Heat 2	2015-07-13	9
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB13		Final 1	2015-07-17	1

Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB12	Final Round	2016-09-13	1
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB12	Heat 1	2016-09-13	1
Men's 50 m Freestyle S12	Heat 1	2016-09-17	3

Mexico City 2017 World Para Swimming Championships (Mexico City, Mexico)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 50 m Freestyle S12	Heat 1	2017-12-05	4
Men's 50 m Freestyle S12	Final 1	2017-12-05	4
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB12	Final 1	2017-12-06	1