Irina Anatolyevna Aksyonova (also Aksenova, Russian: Ирина Анатольевна Аксёнова; born 24 September 1962) is a Russian retired swimmer. She won bronze medals in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships[1] and 1980 Summer Olympics, where she swam for the Soviet Union team in the preliminaries. At the 1980 Olympics she also finished fourth in the 800 m, fifth in the 400 m and eighth in the 200 m freestyle events.[2]
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| Born | 24 September 1962 | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Lokomotiv St. Petersburg | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Between 1977 and 1980 she won seven national titles and set five national records in 200–800 m freestyle events.[3] However, when her medley relay team finished third at the 1978 World Championships, she was swimming the 100 m butterfly leg.[4] Currently she lives in Czech Republic.[3]
References
edit- ^ Irina AKSENOVA. les-sports.info.
- ^ Irina Aksyonova Archived 2012-12-16 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ a b Аксенова Ирина Анатольевна Archived 2012-12-30 at archive.today. staff.lesgaft.spb.ru
- ^ Аксенова Ирина. ussr-swimming.ru
External links
edit- Irina Aksyonova at World Aquatics
- Irina Aksyonova at SwimRankings.net
- Irina Aksyonova at Olympics.com
- Irina Aksyonova at Olympedia
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