Aleksandra Gerasimenya

Kazan 2015
Aleksandra Gerasimenya

Gerasimenya with bronze medal won at the 4X50 mixed medley relay, 2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships, Netanya
Personal information
Full name Aleksandra Gerasimenya
Nationality  Belarus
Born (1985-12-31) 31 December 1985
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR,
Soviet Union
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, Backstroke

Aleksandra Viktorovna Gerasimenya (Belarusian: Аляксандра Віктараўна Герасіменя, Russian: Александра Викторовна Герасиме́ня; born 31 December 1985 in Minsk) is a swimmer from Belarus.[1] She specialises in sprint freestyle and backstroke events.

Despite a two-year ban for a positive test for norandrosterone in 2003,[2] Gerasimenya returned to win gold medals at both the European and World Championships.

At the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, she won the gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle, tied with Jeanette Ottesen of Denmark in a time of 53.45.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she won silver medals in the 50 and 100-meter freestyle events behind Ranomi Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands.

See also

References

  1. "Aleksandra Gerasimenya". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
  2. "Gerasimenya's Ban Reduced to Two Years". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 2012-02-17.


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