Denilson Cyprianos
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- Height:
- 6-4
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- Weight:
- 186
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- Hometown:
- Bulawayo, Matabeleland, Zimbabwe
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- Year:
- Freshman
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- High School:
- Christian Brothers College
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- Events:
- Backstroke and Freestyle
Bio
2020-2021: Cyprianos joined Carson-Newman Swimming after Christmas and made an immediate impact. Most notably, he won five different events against Lees-McRae. The rookie was also one of three men's swimmers to qualify for the 2021 NCAA Division II Nationals. Cyprianos claimed an Honorable Mention All-American accolade with a 13th place finish in the men's 200-yard backstroke.
High School: Named Zimababwe Swimming captain in 2020. Holds the fastest 100 and 200 Backstroke by any Zimbabwean swimmer. Other event times include a 27.59 mark in the 50 back and 57.60 for the 100 back. Apart of his country's best swim team the last three years. Won personal awards such as the Zimbabwean Victor ludorum in 2019 & 2020, the Zimbabwe Age Group Aggregate winner from 2018-2020, and was runner-up for the Zimbabwe Junior Sportsman of the Year in 2020.
Personal: Brother Brendon Cyprianos swims for Mars Hill University while brother Andresious Cyprianos swims at Pace University. Intends to major in Financial Mathematics at Carson-Newman. Son of Nokuthula Cyprianos.
News mentions
Four days and many events later, Carson-Newman swim is heading back to Mossy Creek with a total 20 All-American trophies via 11 different All-American performances.
The time has come for Carson-Newman Swimming to make their mark on the Nationals stage from Birmingham, Alabama.
Carson-Newman swimming sees more school records on the final night of competition from the Palmetto State.
Senior CJ Jensen (Copenhagen, Denmark) and sophomore Raphael Lima (Sao Paulo, Brazil) continued to cement themselves in the Carson-Newman swimming record books Friday night.
Carson-Newman Swimming sees three separate school records fall during night one of action at the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships along with multiple top-five finishes.