1. An honored Master of Sports of Russia in
swimming, Barnaul.
by Artyom Selyanin,
Form 7A, School №1,
village Topchikha.

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He was born on October 21, 1987 in Barnaul.
He began to swim in 1995. He trained in
Barnaul. Vladimir Manuilov was his coach who
helped Grechin to move to St. Petersburg in
2003. Here a budding swimmer grew up into a
world-famous athlete.

3. He is a member of the regional sports club
competitions in Russia. He was voted the best
athlete of the Altai - in 2007 and 2010 for two
times. Andrew Grechin’s parents live in Barnaul.

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2007: The winner of the World University
Games in Bangkok in the 100-meter freestyle
and 4x100m medley relay;
2008: a participant of the Olympic Games in
Beijing, the European champion in the 4x100m
medley relay with a European record - 3:34,25
(Eindhoven, The Netherlands);

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2009: a silver medalist of the World
Championship in the 4x100-meter freestyle
(Rome, Italy). Russia holds the record in the 100
meter freestyle with a score of 47.59 seconds.
2010: European Champion in the 4x100-meter
freestyle with a European record - 3:12,46, a
vice-champion of Europe in the 4x100m medley
relay (Budapest, Hungary), four-times champion
of Russia;

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2011: The silver medalist at the European Short
Course in krol 4x50 meters relay race (Szczecin,
Poland), three-times champion of Russia;
2012: The Olympic bronze medalist, the silver
medalist of European Championship, the
champion of Russia.

7. 
http://www.altaisport.ru/luchshiesportsmenyi/andrey_grechin/