Elsa Manora Nasution

Elsa Manora Nasution

Personal information
Full name	Elsa Manora Nasution
National team	Indonesia
Born	25 October 1977 Jakarta, Indonesia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for Indonesia Southeast Asian Games 2003 Hanoi 100 m backstroke

Elsa Manora Nasution (born October 25, 1977) is an Indonesian former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.^[1] She represented Indonesia at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and later captured a bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke at the 2003 Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. She is also a third eldest sister of Muhammad Akbar Nasution, an elite breaststroke and medley swimmer, who competed with her at the Olympics as part of the Indonesian squad.^[2][3] Nasution is divorced from her husband Ricky Subagja, a prominent badminton player and 1996 Olympic doubles champion.^[4]

Nasution competed only in the women's 100 m backstroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She achieved a FINA B-cut of 1:05.69 from the Asian Championships in Busan, South Korea.^[5][6] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including teenagers Sherry Tsai of Hong Kong (aged 17) and Kuan Chia-hsien of Chinese Taipei. Keeping her pace from the start, she shared a fifth seed with Uruguay's Serrana Fernández in a matching time of 1:06.57, almost a full second below her entry standard. Nasution failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-eighth overall in the prelims.^[7][8]

At the 2003 Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam, Nasution earned a bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke with a time of 1:07.38, finishing over two body lengths behind defending champion Chonlathorn Vorathamrong of Thailand.^[9]

References

1. "Elsa Manora Nasution". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
2. Gardner, Michelle (5 May 2008). "International waters: Nasution becomes JC champ after Olympic career". The San Bernardino Sun. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
3. "Swimmers to train in Bali for Olympics". Jakarta: The Jakarta Post. 27 August 1999. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
4. "Rexy to coach English team starting in 2001". Jakarta: The Jakarta Post. 19 October 2000. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
5. "Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
6. "More swimmers eye Olympics". Jakarta: The Jakarta Post. 2 June 2000. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
7. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 287. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
8. "Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM". Canoe.ca. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
9. "Singaporean swimmer clinches 13th SEA Games gold" (PDF). Yangon: New Light of Myanmar. 10 December 2003. Retrieved 17 June 2013. line feed character in |title= at position 29 (help)