Lára Hrund Bjargardóttir (born 15 July 1981) is an Icelandic former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and individual medley events.[1] She is a multiple-time Big West Conference honoree, four-time Icelandic record holder, and a member of the swimming team for the UC Irvine Anteaters at the University of California, Irvine.[2][3]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Lára Hrund Bjargardóttir |
| National team |  Iceland |
| Born | 15 July 1981 Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle, medley |
| Club | Sundfélagið Húnar |
| College team | University of California, Irvine (U.S.) |
Bjargardottir made her first Icelandic team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. There, she failed to advance into the semifinals in any of her individual events, finishing twenty-seventh in the 200 m freestyle (2:05.22), and thirty-sixth in the 100 m freestyle (58.44).[4][5]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Bjargardottir shortened her program on her second Olympic appearance, swimming only in the 200 m individual medley. She achieved a FINA B-standard of 2:20.35 from the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.[6][7] Bjargardottir challenged five other swimmers in heat one, including two-time Olympians Marina Mulyayeva of Kazakhstan and Vered Borochovski of Israel. She raced to fourth place by 0.62 of a second behind 16-year-old swimmer Park Na-Ri of South Korea with a time of 2:22.00. Bjargardottir failed to qualify for the semifinals, as she placed twenty-seventh overall for the second time in the preliminaries.[8][9]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lára Hrund Bjargardóttir". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ "Bjargardottir leading UCI swim team". Daily Pilot. 20 December 2002. Archived from the original on May 8, 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ "Anteaters on the Rise". Swimming World Magazine. 23 January 2003. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 283. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 174. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ "2003 FINA World Championships (Barcelona, Spain) – Women's 200m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ "Swimming – Women's 200m Individual Medley Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ "Women's 200m Individual Medley Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ Thomas, Stephen (16 August 2004). "Women's 200 Individual Medley Prelims Day 3: Klochkova Aims for Repeat Olympic Gold; Americans Qualify 3rd and 4th". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
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