Background
He is coached by his father, Sergey Alexandrovich Izotov.
He is coached by his father, Sergey Alexandrovich Izotov.
Izotov is a student of the Institute of Physical Culture, Ural State Pedagogical University (USPU) Yekaterinburg.
He is the nephew of soviet swimmer Elvira Vasilkova. In 2009, he set a world record in the 4 × 100 m medley in short swimming pools of 3:19.16 in Saint St. Petersburg. At the 2009 World Championships in Rome he was the only Russian individual medalist – a bronze in the 200 m freestyle.