Yelena Rojkova

Yelena Rojkova
Personal information
Full name Yelena Rojkova
National team  Turkmenistan
Born (1989-05-27) 27 May 1989
Ashgabat, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke

Yelena Rojkova (born May 27, 1989) is a Turkmen swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.[1] Rojkova qualified for the women's 100 m backstroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 1:18.00.[2] She participated in heat one against two other swimmers Lenient Obia of Nigeria, and Ana Galindo of Honduras. She rounded out a small field of three to last place by a 5.53-second margin behind winner Obia, breaking a Turkmen record of 1:15.48. Rojkova failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed forty-second overall in the preliminaries.[3][4]

References

  1. "Yelena Rojkova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  2. "Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  3. "Women's 100m Backstroke Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. Thomas, Stephen (15 August 2004). "Women’s 100 Backstroke Prelims: France's Manaudou Fastest in 1:01.27; Natalie Coughlin, Haley Cope Move Through to Semis". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
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