Anna Salnikova

Anna Salnikova
Personal information
Full name Anna Salnikova
National team  Georgia
Born (1987-01-11) 11 January 1987
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
Coach Zurab Khomasuridze

Anna Salnikova (Georgian: ანა სალნიკოვა; born January 11, 1987) is a Georgian swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] She represented her nation Georgia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and held a Georgian national record in both the 50 and 100 m breaststroke until they were later broken by Teona Bostashvili in two separate editions of the World Championships (2013 and 2015).[2]

Salnikova received a wild card invitation from FINA to compete as a lone Georgian female swimmer in the 100 m breaststroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[2][3] Tying for first at the initial length of the opening heat, she fought off a sprint challenge from Libya's Asmahan Farhat by just the slimmest of the margins for the top spot, but nearly faded down the last stroke to touch the wall with a second-place time in 1:21.70. Salnikova failed to advance to the semifinals, as she placed forty-eighth overall in the preliminary heats.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Anna Salnikova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Beijing 2008". Georgian National Olympic Committee. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Beijing 2008: Swimming Day 2– Women's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Best Swimming. p. 2. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Swimming: Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 3". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.