Olga Gnedovskaya

Olga Gnedovskaya
Personal information
Full name	Olga Gnedovskaya
National team	Uzbekistan
Born	15 August 1989 (age 35); Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke

Olga Gnedovskaya (Russian: Ольга Гнедовская; born August 15, 1989) is an Uzbekistani former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.^[1] Gnedovskaya qualified for the women's 100 m backstroke, as Uzbekistan's youngest swimmer (aged 14), at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She cleared a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:05.42 from the Russian Championships in Moscow.^[2] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including Kazakhstan's Anastassiya Prilepa, who shared the same age with Gnedovskaya. She rounded out the field to last place in 1:15.33, nearly 10 seconds off her entry time. Gnedovskaya failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed forty-first overall in the preliminaries.^[3]^[4]

After her competitive career, Gnedovskaya opened a youth swimming center in Tashkent.^[5]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olga Gnedovskaya". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
^ "Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
^ "Women's 100m Backstroke Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
^ 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. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
^ "Born2Swim: как две спортсменки сделали бизнес на обучении младенцев плаванию и выросли до 4 филиалов за 3 года" [Born2Swim: How Two Athletes Made a Business Teaching Infants to Swim and Grew to 4 Branches in 3 Years]. spot.uz (in Russian). 9 November 2023.

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[1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olga Gnedovskaya". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2013.

[2] "Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 April 2013.

[3] "Women's 100m Backstroke Heat 2". 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. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013.

[5] "Born2Swim: как две спортсменки сделали бизнес на обучении младенцев плаванию и выросли до 4 филиалов за 3 года" [Born2Swim: How Two Athletes Made a Business Teaching Infants to Swim and Grew to 4 Branches in 3 Years]. spot.uz (in Russian). 9 November 2023.

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