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Yana Klochkova

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Nickname(s)
  
"Gold fish"

Role
  
Swimmer

Nationality
  
Ukraine

Height
  
1.82 m


Sport
  
Weight
  
70 kg

Name
  
Yana Klochkova

Club
  
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Full name
  
Yana Oleksandrivna Klochkova

Born
  
7 August 1982 (age 41) (
1982-08-07
)

Coach
  
Nina KozhukhOleksandr Kozhukh

Olympic medals
  
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metre Individual Medley

Strokes
  
Freestyle swimming, Medley swimming

Similar People
  
Kaitlin Sandeno, Kirsty Coventry, Amanda Beard, Georgina Bardach, Brooke Bennett

Yana klochkova underwater footage women 400m freestyle final


Yana Oleksandrivna Klochkova (Ukrainian: Яна Олександрівна Клочкова; born 7 August 1982 in Simferopol) is a Ukrainian swimmer, who has won five Olympic medals in her career, with four of them being gold. She is Master of Sports, World Class and the only multi gold medal holder (more than two) in Ukraine.

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Career

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Her gold medals came in the 200 meter individual medley and the 400 meter individual medley at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics; her silver medal came in the 800 meter freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She has also won ten titles at swimming's world championships, nineteen European championship titles. She currently holds the short-course world record in the 400 meter individual medley. Her 400 m individual medley world record was broken by American Katie Hoff at the 2007 World Championships in Melbourne. In 2003, she won four golds at the Summer Universiade in South Korea. She was also awarded the Hero of Ukraine medal. In 2004, she was named by Swimming World magazine as the World Female Swimmer of the Year.

Titles

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Yana Klochkova's titles include:

Olympic Champion

Yana Klochkova Former Olympic champion Klochkova to retire Reuters

  • 2000, Sydney: 200 m individual medley
  • 2000, Sydney: 400 m individual medley
  • 2004, Athens: 200 m individual medley
  • 2004, Athens: 400 m individual medley
  • World Champion, Long Course

  • 2001, Fukuoka: 400 m freestyle
  • 2001, Fukuoka: 400 m individual medley
  • 2003, Barcelona: 200 m individual medley
  • 2003, Barcelona: 400 m individual medley
  • World Champion, Short Course

  • 1999, Hong Kong: 400 m individual medley
  • 2000, Athens: 200 m individual medley
  • 2000, Athens: 400 m individual medley
  • 2002, Moscow: 400 m freestyle
  • 2002, Moscow: 200 m individual medley
  • 2002, Moscow: 400 m individual medley
  • European Champion, Long Course

  • 1999, Istanbul: 200 m individual medley
  • 1999, Istanbul: 400 m individual medley
  • 2000, Helsinki: 400 m freestyle
  • 2000, Helsinki: 200 m individual medley
  • 2000, Helsinki: 400 m individual medley
  • 2002, Berlin: 400 m freestyle
  • 2002, Berlin: 200 m individual medley
  • 2002, Berlin: 400 m individual medley
  • 2004, Madrid: 200 m individual medley
  • 2004, Madrid: 400 m individual medley
  • European Champion, Short Course

  • 1999, Lisbon: 400 m freestyle
  • 1999, Lisbon: 800 m freestyle
  • 1999, Lisbon: 200 m individual medley
  • 1999, Lisbon: 400 m individual medley
  • 2000, Valencia: 200 m individual medley
  • 2000, Valencia: 400 m individual medley
  • 2001, Antwerp: 200 m individual medley
  • 2002, Riesa: 200 m individual medley
  • 2002, Riesa: 400 m individual medley
  • Universiade Champion, Long Course

  • 2003, Daegu: 200 m freestyle
  • 2003, Daegu: 200 m butterfly
  • 2003, Daegu: 200 m individual medley
  • 2003, Daegu: 400 m individual medley
  • 2007, Bangkok: 400 m individual medley
  • International championships (50 m)

    a Klochkova qualified from the heats, but scratched the semi finals

    References

    Yana Klochkova Wikipedia