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Born | Komsomolsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | 19 May 1986||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 [2] and six medals, including one gold, at the European Short Course Swimming Championships. [3] She also competed at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics in several events, but was eliminated in the preliminaries. [4] During her career she set 29 national records in the 50–200 m backstroke and various relay events. [5]
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 Kyiv, 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. [6] [7]
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Born | Komsomolsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | 19 May 1986||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 [2] and six medals, including one gold, at the European Short Course Swimming Championships. [3] She also competed at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics in several events, but was eliminated in the preliminaries. [4] During her career she set 29 national records in the 50–200 m backstroke and various relay events. [5]
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 Kyiv, 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. [6] [7]