Denys Sylantyev

Denys Olegovich Sylantyev (Ukrainian: Денис Олегович Силантьєв; born 3 October 1976) is a Ukrainian politician and retired swimmer. He competed at four consecutive Olympics between 1996 and 2008 and who won a silver medal in the 200 m butterfly in 2000. At the next Olympics he was the flag bearer for Ukraine.

Denys Sylantyev

Denys Sylantyev in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Denys Olegovich Sylantyev
Nationality	Ukraine
Born	(1976-10-03) 3 October 1976 Zaporizhia, Zaporizhia, Ukraine
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly
Club	Spartak, Zaporozhye Spartak Kyiv
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 0 World Championships (LC) 1 0 0 World Championships (SC) 0 1 2 European Championships (LC) 1 5 2 European Championships (SC) 1 2 4 Universiade 2 0 0 Total 5 9 8 Men's swimming Representing  Ukraine Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 200 m butterfly World Championships (LC) 1998 Perth 200 m butterfly World Championships (SC) 1997 Gothenburg 200 m butterfly 1999 Hong Kong 200 m butterfly 2000 Athens 100 m butterfly European Championships (LC) 2004 Madrid 200 m butterfly 1995 Vienna 100 m butterfly 1997 Seville 100 m butterfly 1997 Seville 200 m butterfly 1999 Istanbul 200 m butterfly 2002 Berlin 200 m butterfly 1999 Istanbul 100 m butterfly 2002 Berlin 100 m butterfly European Championships (SC) 2001 Antwerp 4×50 m freestyle 1998 Sheffield 200 m butterfly 2001 Antwerp 200 m butterfly 1998 Sheffield 100 m butterfly 1999 Lisbon 100 m butterfly 1999 Lisbon 200 m butterfly 2002 Riesa 4×50 m freestyle Universiade 1997 Catania 100 m butterfly 1997 Catania 200 m butterfly

He won the Mare Nostrum circuit three times: 2000, 2001 and 2002. In 1998 he was named European Swimmer of the Year.

Sylantyev retired from competitions shortly after the 2008 Olympics and focused on politics and development of sport in Ukraine.

In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Silantyev was a self-nominated candidate in constituency №217 situated in Kyiv's Obolon District but he did not win a parliamentary seat.[2] He lost this election to Oleksandr Bryhynets of Batkivshchyna who gained 31.75% of the votes while Silantyev gained 5.18% and fourth place.[3]

In the 26 October 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Sylantyev was as a candidate (placed 8th on the party list) of Radical Party was elected into the Ukrainian parliament. In the 2019 election he was placed 15th on the election list.[4] But Radical Party lost all its parliamentary seats in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, because it gained about 1% to little to clear the 5% election threshold and also did not win an electoral district seat.[5]

In the 2020 Kyiv local election (set for 25 October 2020) Sylantyev is a candidate for the Kyiv City Council in Obolon District for For the Future.[2][6]