Andrei Kalina won two gold medals at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, clinching titles in the men's SB8 100 metres breaststroke and the SM9 200m individual medley.

Kalina also triumphed in the SB8 100m breaststroke at Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012 while competing for Ukraine, meaning he now has five Paralympic gold medals and two since switching allegiance to the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC).

In the Chinese capital, the Para-swimmer set what remains as a world and Paralympic record of 1min 07.01sec in the SB8 100m breaststroke.

In the final in Tokyo, Kalina was just short of that record with a time of 1:07.24, but he still beat nearest challenger Oscar Salguero Galisteo of Spain by 2.67 seconds.

Earlier in the day, Kalina won the second heat to qualify for the final in 1:08.46.

In the SM9 200m individual medley he edged a close final, finishing in 2:14.90 to see off the challenge from Australia's Timothy Hodge by 0.52 seconds.

Kalina was fourth at the halfway stage, but a strong second half to the race, including a 32.80 second split for the final 50m, saw him earn a second gold medal of the Games.

The 34-year-old had qualified for the final in third in a time of 2:21.39 in the second heat.

Andrei Kalina beat closest challenger Oscar Salguero Galisteo by 2.67 seconds in the final of the men's SB8 100m breaststroke at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre ©Getty Images
Andrei Kalina beat closest challenger Oscar Salguero Galisteo by 2.67 seconds in the final of the men's SB8 100m breaststroke at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre ©Getty Images

He has won nine golds at the World Para Swimming Championships, the first of which was in the SB8 100m breaststroke in the South African city of Durban in 2006.

Kalina has won that event five times at the World Championships, following up his first success with golds at Eindhoven 2010, Montreal 2013, Glasgow 2015 and London 2019.

He also travelled to Tokyo as the reigning world champion in the SM9 200m individual medley after his victory in London, having previously earned four silver medals in the event.

Golds in the 4x100m medley 34 points relay in 2015 and 2019 are also counted among his titles, while he contributed to a Russian 4x100m freestyle 34 points relay win in Glasgow.

Kalina is the reigning SB8 100m breaststroke European champion as well, having clinched victory in Funchal in Portugal in May 2021.

He was a part of the Russian team that won the 4x100m medley 34 points relay at the event, and also picked up a silver in the SM9 200m individual medley.

Kalina was born without a left forearm in Sloviansk in Ukraine, where he took up the sport aged 12.

Now based in Saint Petersburg, Kalina began competing for Russia in 2015.

He has been awarded the Honoured Master of Sport title in Ukraine and Russia.