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Dmitri Stratan
Stratan in 2013
Personal information
Born (1975-01-24) January 24, 1975 (age 49)
Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight102 kg (225 lb)
Sport
Sport Water polo
ClubSpartak Volgograd, Marseille, Shturm 2002, Chekhov
Medal record
Representing   Russia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Team Competition
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Team Competition
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Fukuoka Team Competition
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Seville Team Competition
FINA World Cup
Gold medal – first place 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. [1] He was also part of the Russian teams that won bronze medals at the 1997 European and 2001 world championships. [2]

Stratan is Moldavian by birth, but in 1997 received Russian citizenship. [3] 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. [4] Stratan is married and has a son Dan and a daughter Dasha. [3]

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