Dmitri Sautin

Dmitry Sautin

Personal information
Full name	Dmitry Ivanovich Sautin
Born	(1974-03-15) March 15, 1974 Voronezh
Height	5'9
Sport
Country	Russia
Partner	Yuriy Kunakov
Former partner(s)	Aleksandr Dobroskok, Igor Loukachine
Medal record Olympic Games Representing the  Unified Team 1992 Barcelona 3 m Springboard Representing Russia 1996 Atlanta 10 m Platform 2000 Sydney 10 m Platform Synchro 2000 Sydney 3 m Spring Synchro 2000 Sydney 10 m Platform 2000 Sydney 3 m Springboard 2004 Athens 3 m Springboard 2008 Beijing 3 m Spring Synchro World Championships Representing Russia 1994 Rome 10 m Platform 1994 Rome 3 m Springboard 1998 Perth 3 m Springboard 1998 Perth 10 m Platform 2001 Fukuoka 3 m Springboard 2001 Fukuoka 3 m Spring Synchro 2003 Barcelona 3 m Spring Synchro 2003 Barcelona 3 m Springboard 2007 Melbourne 3 m Springboard European Championships Representing Soviet Union 1991 Athens 10 m Platform Representing Russia 1993 Sheffield 10 m Platform 1993 Sheffield 3 m Springboard 1995 Vienna 3 m Springboard 1995 Vienna 10 m Platform 1997 Seville 3 m Springboard 1999 Istanbul 10 m Platform 2000 Helsinki 3 m Springboard 2000 Helsinki 10 m Platform 2000 Helsinki 10 m Platform Synchro 2000 Helsinki 3 m Spring Synchro 2002 Berlin 3 m Springboard 2002 Berlin 3 m Spring Synchro 2006 Budapest 3 m Springboard 2006 Budapest 3 m Spring Synchro 2008 Eindhoven 3 m Springboard 2008 Eindhoven 3 m Spring Synchro 2010 Budapest 3 m Springboard Synchro

Dmitri Ivanovich Sautin (Russian: Дмитрий Иванович Саутин; born March 15, 1974) is a Russian diver who has won more medals than any other Olympic diver. He was born in Voronezh.

Sautin started diving at age seven; however, his diving career almost ended in 1991 when he was stabbed multiple times in an attack. After spending two months in the hospital, he was able to dive at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He has won medals at the 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, and the 2008 Olympics.

With eight Olympic medals, Sautin has won more Olympic medals than any other diver in history. Representing the Unified Team (Équipe Unifié) in 1992, he earned a bronze on the springboard. In 1996, he was the gold medalist on the platform, representing Russia. The addition of synchronized events in 2000 allowed Sautin to enter four diving events in Sydney and he won medals in all four events, topped by a gold medal in the synchronized platform event. Sautin won his seventh Olympic medal, a bronze, in 2004 on the springboard. He added an eighth to his tally, a silver, in 2008 on the 3m synchronised springboard event diving with fellow Russian partner Yuriy Kunakov. Sautin was also world champion on the springboard in 1998 and 2001, and on the platform in 1994 and 1998, and European champion on the springboard in 1995, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2006 and 2008, and on the platform in 1993, 1999 and 2000.

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