Iryna Amshennikova

Iryna Amshennikova
Personal information
Born (1986-05-19) 19 May 1986
Komsomolsk, Ukraine
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 58 kg (128 lb)
Medal record
Women's swimming
Competitor for  Ukraine
World Championships (SC)
2002 Moscow 200 m backstroke
European Championships (SC)
2005 Trieste 200 m backstroke
2006 Helsinki 200 m backstroke
2006 Helsinki 50 m backstroke
2003 Dublin 200 m backstroke
2006 Helsinki 100 m backstroke
2007 Debrecen 200 m backstroke
European Championships (LC)
2004 Madrid 4×100 m medley
2006 Budapest 200 m backstroke
2002 Berlin 200 m backstroke
2002 Berlin 4×100 m medley

Iryna Vitaliïvna Amshennikova (Ukrainian: Ірина Віталіївна Амшеннікова, born 19 May 1986) is a Ukrainian backstroke swimmer. She had her best achievements in short course competitions, where she won bronze at the 2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in the 200 m backstroke[1] and six medals, including one gold, at the European Short Course Swimming Championships.[2] She also competed at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics in several events, but was eliminated in the preliminaries.[3] During her career she set 29 national records in the 50–200 m backstroke and various relay events.[4]

Biography

Amshennikova was born in Komsomolsk, Ukraine, to Olga Oleksandrovna (Ukrainian: Ольга Олександрівна), a competitive swimmer, and Vitali Alekseevich (Ukrainian: Віталій Олексійович), an amateur track and orienteering athlete. Her brother Eugene (Ukrainian: Женя) started with swimming but then became a competitive shooter. In 1997, her local pool was closed for reparations and Iryna moved to Kiev, where she studied and trained in a boarding school. In 2004 she relocated to Zaporizhia to train with the coach Anatoly Zhuravlev. She graduated from the National University of Physical Education and Sports of Ukraine.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Jean-Louis Meuret (2006), HistoFINA Volume III – Tome III. MEDALLISTS AND STATISTICS. Special FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (25 m.) Before Manchester 2008.
  2. ↑ Iryna AMSHENNIKOVA. les-sports.info
  3. ↑ Iryna Amshennikova. sports-reference.com
  4. ↑ АМШЕННІКОВА Ірина. Swimming Federation of Ukraine. swimukraine.org.ua
  5. ↑ Ірина Амшеннiкова: Ні в кого у світі руки так швидко не працюють, як у мене. umoloda.kiev.ua (interview in Ukrainian)
  6. ↑ 1010 баранів за зміну громадянства з українського на киргизьке. gazeta.ua (2007-02-02)

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