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Denilson Cyprianos

Zimbabwe swimmer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ126177846 ↗
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Denilson Cyprianos (born 7 October 2002) is a Zimbabwean swimmer. He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the men's 200m backstroke event.

Early life and college career

Cyprianos was born on 7 October 2002 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. He has two brothers who also were competitive swimmers. He attended Christian Brothers College, Bulawayo. He was trained in swimming by his father, until his father's death in late 2020, and became one of Zimbabwe's top youth swimmers; by January 2021, Cyprianos, a backstroke swimmer, had set national records in the 50m, 100m and 200m events, also being the Zimbabwe Junior Sportsperson of the Year runner-up in 2020. He competed as a member of the Stingrays Swimming Club.

Cyprianos received an athletic scholarship to compete in college in the U.S. in 2021. He moved to the U.S. and enrolled at Carson–Newman University in Tennessee, studying finance. Within a month of joining the school and competing for the Carson–Newman Eagles swimming team, he set a team record by winning five events in one competition.

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