Egor Kornev

Egor Denisovich Kornev.

Early life

Egor Kornev was born on 6 February 2004 in St. Petersburg. He started swimming at SSOR No. 3 in Kalininsky district of St. Petersburg with Margarita Perova and Larisa Dvorak. After graduating from primary school he moved to SSOR Ekran to Elena Kuznetsova and Olga Baidalova.

Career

In 2021, he received the title "Master of Sports of Russia", in 2022 - "Master of Sports of Russia International Class".
In 2022, he first became the Russian Short Course Champion. In 2023 Russian National [Swimming Championships|2023, he won the Russian Championship] in the 50-metre pool. Since then, he has repeatedly won the Russian Championship and the Russian Cup.
He won the All-Russian Swimming Federation award in the category "Discovery of the Year".
In 2024 he won 4 gold medals at the Russian Championships, 5 gold medals at the Russian Cup and 3 gold medals at the Russian Short Course Championships. On 15 December at the 2024 [World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m)|World Short Course Championships in Budapest], as a member of the men's team, he won the combined 4×100 metre relay with a List of [world records in swimming|world record].