Vladimir Fyodorovich Dyatchin () (born 14 October 1982, in Lipetsk) is a Russian long-distance swimmer. He won the 10 km open water at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships despite suffering 10-inch long lacerations on both of sides of his rib cage, caused by a jellyfish sting. In 2007 he was voted as Swimming World's Open Water Swimmer of the Year. See also World Open Water Championships - Multiple medalists References External links 1982 births Male long-distance swimmers Sportspeople from Lipetsk Russian male swimmers Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Russia Living people World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming 20th-century Russian people 21st-century Russian people