Dmitri Stratan

Dmitri Stratan

Stratan in 2013
Personal information
Born	(1975-01-24) January 24, 1975 Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	102 kg (225 lb)
Sport
Sport	Water polo
Club	Spartak Volgograd, Marseille, Shturm 2002, Chekhov
Medal record Representing Russia Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team Competition 2004 Athens Team Competition World Championships 2001 Fukuoka Team Competition European Championships 1997 Seville Team Competition FINA World Cup 2002 Belgrade Team Competition

Dmitri Ivanovich Stratan (Russian: Дмитрий Иванович Стратан; born 24 January 1975) is a Soviet and Russian water polo forward. He competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics for the Ukrainian team that finished in 12th place. At the next two Olympics he played for Russia and won a silver and bronze medal, respectively. He was also part of the Russian teams that won bronze medals at the 1997 European and 2001 world championships.

Stratan is Moldavian by birth, but in 1997 received Russian citizenship. He was born in Lviv, Ukraine, and graduated from the Institute of Physical Education there. He played for two years in Slovenia, and one year in France, and lived for some time in Lyubertsy, Moscow Oblast, where he played for Shturm 2002. He finally settled in Volgograd, Russia. Stratan is married and has a son Dan and a daughter Dasha.

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)

External links

• Dmitri Stratan at Olympics.com
• Dmitri Stratan at Olympedia