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2023-24 Men's Swim & Dive Roster

Ruslan Gaziev
Ruslan Gaziev
Ruslan Gaziev
Ruslan Gaziev
Ruslan Gaziev

Ruslan Gaziev

  • Year:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Toronto, Ontario
  • Last School:
    St. Joseph High School

Career Bests

Career Honors

  • 2020 Tokyo Olympian
  • CSCAA First Team All-American
    • 100 Free (2023)
    • 200 Free Relay (2019, 2022)
    • 400 Free Relay (2019)
  • CSCAA Honorable Mention All-American
    • 800 Free Relay (2019, 2022)
    • 200 Free (2022)
    • 400 Medley Relay (2022)
    • 100 Free (2022)
    • 400 Free Relay (2022, 2023)
    • 50 Free (2023)
    • 200 Free Relay (2023)
    • 200 Medley Relay (2023)
  • Second Team All-Big Ten (2019)
  • First Team All-Big Ten (2022, 2023)

2022-23 (Graduate Student)

  • Was the Big Ten Champion in the 100 free, turning in a then-program record and Big Ten Championships record time of 41.38
  • Was on the Big Ten Championship 200 medley relay team
  • Also earned Big Ten medalist honors in the 200 free, 50 free, 200 free relay and 800 free relay
  • At the NCAA Championships, placed fourth in the 100 free with a program-record time of 40.98 to earn First Team All-America honors
  • Competed for Team Canada at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan and earned top-10 finishes in the 4x100m free relay, mixed 4x100m medley relay, mixed 4x100 free relay and the 4x100m medley relay
  • His lead-off time of 48.27 in the prelims of mixed 4x100m medley relay at the World Aquatics Championships was a 100 free FINA A cut time


2021-22 (Senior)

  • Big Ten Champion in the 200 and 400 free relays
  • Helped the Buckeyes to a podium sweep of the 50 free at the conference championship meet with a second-place finish
  • Earned five All-American finishes at the NCAA Championship meet
  • Won the 100 and 200 free and helped the 400 free relay to a win in Ohio State’s victory over Michigan
  • Competed at the 2022 World Championships for Canada, helping the team to a silver medal in the 4×100 mixed medley

2019-20 (Sophomore)

  • Swam at the OSU Fall Invitational
  • Also competed in the TYR Pro Swim Series event in Greensboro, the Toyota US Open in Atlanta and the Prairie Winter International in Winnipeg

2018-19 (Freshman)

  • Member of the 200 Free (1:16.89) and 400 Free (2:50.28) Relays that finished seventh at the NCAA Championships to earn CSCAA First Team All-America honors; also claimed Honorable Mention All-America honors as part of the 800 Free Relay, finishing 10th with a time of 6:14.99
  • Helped break the school 800 Free Relay record with a time of 6:13.44 for bronze at the Big Ten Championships; also swam the second leg of the 200 Free Relay (1:16.36) for silver and another school record
  • Claimed silver as the anchor to the 400 Free Relay (2:48.75) at the Big Ten Championships, breaking the school record
  • Anchored the 400 Medley Relay to fourth-place at Big Tens with a time of 3:06.20, the No. 2 time in program history
  • Took fifth in the 100 Free with a time of 42.74 at the Big Ten Championships; Finished seventh in the 50 Free with a time of 19.60 and in the 200 Free (1:34.83)
  • Recorded the No. 2 50 Free (19.34) and No. 5 100 Free (42.51) times in program history in the Big Ten Championship preliminaries
  • Won the 100 Free at the Shamrock Invitational (43.59) and at the Ohio State Invitational (42.79); also won the 200 Free (1:34.97) at the OSU Invite
  • Represented Ohio State at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge in the 100 Free, finishing sixth with a time of 43.93
  • Debuted as a Buckeye with a win in both the 50 Free (20.19) and the 100 Free (43.79) against Alabama

Prior to Ohio State

  • 2018 Canadian Pan Pac team member
  • 4×100 Free Relay junior world record holder
  • Sixth-place at the FINA World Junior Championships in the 50 Free
  • Competed with the Markham Aquatic Club