Anton Chupkov Named as Finalist to Russian Forbes’ 30 Under 30 List

World record holder Anton Chupkov. Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

World Champion and world record holder Anton Chupkov was named as a finalist to the 30 under 30 list by Russian Forbes Magazine. Forbes nominated ten people in ten categories formed by rating editors with the help of experts – entrepreneurs, managers, investors, consultants. Voting started this week and will close on April 28 when the names of 30 nominees (three from each of ten categories), who will receive the largest number of readers, will be published on the Forbes website.

The top 30 representatives of the rating will be published on the Forbes website in the second half of May and in the June issue of Forbes magazine.

Chupkov was named a finalist to the “sports and esports” category along with:

Dmitry Bivol, Boxing
Fedor Chalov, Football
Mark Danilov, Fortnite
Alena Kostornaya, Figure Skating
Danil Medvedev, Tennis
Cyril Mikhailov, CS: GO
Artemy Panarin, Hockey
Angelika Sidorova, Athletics
Maria Vadeeva, Basketball

You can vote for Chupkov by visiting his page here.

Anton Chupkov is the current world record holder in the 200 breaststroke as he swam a 2:06.12 at the 2019 World Championships last summer. He became the first Russian to hold that record since Dmitriy Komornikov briefly held it for nine days in 2003. He is also the two-time reigning World champ in the 200 breast and the reigning Olympic bronze medalist in that event. At 17 he was the Youth Olympic Games gold medalist in the 200, and was also the World Junior Champion at 18 in 2015.

If Chupkov touches first after four lengths of the pool in Tokyo next year, he would be the first Russian to win the 200 breaststroke at the Olympics since Robertas Zulpa won in 1980. In 2019, he won the Russian Athlete of the Year award for his world record in the 200 breaststroke.

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