Daniil Dmitrievich Markov (born 21 April 2000) is a Russian competitive swimmer. As a member of preliminaries relays he won three medals at the 2021 World Short Course Championships and two medals across the 2019 and 2021 European Short Course Championships. In the 50 metre freestyle, he won the bronze medal at the 2019 Summer Universiade and the silver medal at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. In the 50 metre butterfly, he won the silver medal at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and the bronze medal at the 2018 European Junior Swimming Championships. He is a former world junior record holder in the 4×100 metre medley relay.
Background
Markov was born 21 April 2000 in Russia. He competes for the Novosibirsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai regions in Russian competitions.
Career
2018
2018 European Junior Championships
At the 2018 European Junior Swimming Championships in Helsinki, Finland in July, Markov swam a personal best time in the 100 metres of freestyle he swam leading off the 4×100 metre freestyle relay in the prelims on day one of competition, 4 July, with a time of 49.44 seconds. In the final of the event later the same day, he helped the finals relay team achieve a gold-medal-winning time of 3:18.21 by splitting a 50.12 for the lead-off leg of the relay. In the final of the 50 metre butterfly during the same finals session as the 4×100 metre freestyle relay final, Markov won the bronze medal with a time of 23.77 seconds, finishing just 0.21 seconds behind gold medalist Andrei Minakov, also of Russia, and 0.09 seconds after silver medalist Tomoe Hvas of Norway. Markov won his third and final medal of the Championships on the last day of competition, anchoring the 4×100 metre medley relay with a time of 49.45 seconds for his 100 metre portion of freestyle and finishing the relay at a time of 3:35.58 to win the gold medal along with relay teammates Kliment Kolesnikov, Vladislav Gerasimenko, and Andrei Minakov.
2018 Swimming World Cup: Kazan
Gaining addition racing experience after the European Junior Championships and before the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, Markov competed at the 2018 Swimming World Cup stop in Kazan at the Palace of Water Sports and conducted in long course metres. In the prelims heats of the 50 metre freestyle, Markov qualified for the final ranking eighth with a time of 23.10 seconds. In the final, he swam the 50 metres of freestyle in 23.11 seconds to place eighth. For the 4×100 metre freestyle relay the next day, Markov split 50.54 seconds for the second leg of the relay, helping it achieve a time of 3:30.94 and win the silver medal in the event.
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
On the first day of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Markov won his first gold medal in the 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay for his efforts in the prelims heats, where he swam a 50.28 for the lead-off leg of the relay to qualify the relay to the final ranked eighth. For his next event, the 100 metre butterfly, Markov swam a personal best time of 53.91 seconds in the prelims heats before placing 13th overall in the semifinals with a time of 54.07 seconds. Day three of competition, Markov ranked first in the semifinals of the 50 metre freestyle with a time of 22.30 seconds and qualified for the final. Following his semifinals performance, Markov won a gold medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay with finals relay members Kliment Kolesnikov, Vladislav Gerasimenko, and Andrei Minakov in a time of 3:18.11. On day four, Markov won his first individual medal of the Youth Olympic Games in the 50 metre freestyle, placing second and winning the silver medal in a time of 22.37 seconds, which was just 0.04 seconds slower than gold medalist Thomas Ceccon of Italy. Later in the day, Markov won a gold medal and set a world junior record in the 4×100 metre medley relay at 3:35.17, splitting a 49.19 for the freestyle leg of the relay.