Denis Pankratov's Birth Card: The Jack of Diamonds

In the record

Denis Pankratov (Russian: Денис Панкратов; born 4 July 1974) is a retired Russian butterfly swimmer of the 1990s, who was best known for winning the butterfly double at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States in a unique style. The birth-card coordinate for July 4 is the Jack of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of Denis Pankratov's 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming.

Summer Olympic gold record

Wikidata records 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming for Russia across 1996. Only Summer Games gold medals count here. Winter-only careers and single-gold athletes are out of this pack. The medal list is a public award record for Denis Pankratov (Q463399), not a reading of character. 1996: gold in swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – men's 100 metre butterfly in competitive swimming. 1996: gold in swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – men's 200 metre butterfly in competitive swimming.

• 1996 swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – men's 100 metre butterfly (competitive swimming)
• 1996 swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – men's 200 metre butterfly (competitive swimming)

The Jack of Diamonds coordinate

Denis Pankratov was born July 4 (1974-07-04). Month 7 and day 4 give solar value 37, which is the Jack of Diamonds (The Successful Messenger). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1974 is unused. The Jack of Diamonds does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Denis Pankratov for Russia. Quoted system copy for the Jack of Diamonds, not a biography of Denis Pankratov: You try a new approach to value and you finish enough of it to know if it works. You bring new ways of thinking about resources and success. You're the one who shifts how people relate to money. You inspire financial breakthroughs.

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Denis Pankratov in the public record

His 100 m butterfly triumph is particularly remembered for his swimming over 25 m of the first lap underwater and then 15 m in the opposite direction, also underwater. Two-time "Swimming World" Swimmer of the Year. In 2004 he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF). He trained at the Volgograd club with fellow individual gold medallist at "Swimming World" Swimmer of the Year Yevgeny Sadovyi. Pankratov was born in Volgograd, Soviet Union. At the age of 16, in 1990 and again in 1991, he won the Junior European Championships in the butterfly. In his first international appearance at senior level, he placed 6th in the final of the 200 m butterfly at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In 1993, at the European Championships in Sheffield, Pankratov won his first international medals, with gold medals in the 200 m butterfly and 4×100 m medley relay and a silver medal in the 100 m butterfly.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Denis Pankratov (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the Jack of Diamonds

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Denis Pankratov, and not a forecast of a gold medal.

You try a new approach to value and you finish enough of it to know if it works. You bring new ways of thinking about resources and success. You're the one who shifts how people relate to money. You inspire financial breakthroughs.

Pankratov attempted to repeat his success at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and finished 7th in the 200 m butterfly.

Paired on shared wording: finished, success.

Also on the record

1. He repeated this performance in the 1995 European Championships in Vienna, this time winning all three gold medals and breaking Pablo Morales's nine-year-old 100 m butterfly world record with a time of 52.32.
2. He held the 100 m butterfly world record for over two years, until it was broken by Michael Klim.
3. At the 1994 World Championships in Rome, Pankratov swam head-to-head with all the best swimmers of the world.
4. He won the 200 m butterfly, placed second in the 4×100 m medley relay and third in the 100 m butterfly.

Other multi-gold Summer Olympians with this card

• Susie O'Neill — 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
• Valentina Vezzali — 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in fencing
• Andrea Pollack — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
• Jon Henricks — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
• Hamza Yerlikaya — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in amateur wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestling
• Helmer Mörner — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in equestrian sport
• Li Xiaoxia — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in table tennis
• Wang Qianyi — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in synchronized swimming

FAQ

What is Denis Pankratov's birth card?

The Jack of Diamonds. July 4 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Denis Pankratov's year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict Olympic medals?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast races, medals, character, or fate.

Where do Denis Pankratov's dates and medals come from?

Birth date 1974-07-04 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Denis Pankratov, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only infoboxes and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Medal count (2 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming) comes from Wikidata P1344 event claims with P166 Olympic gold, limited to Summer Games. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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