Alexandra Zertsalova (russian: Александра Зерцалова; born January 18, 1982) is a Kyrgyz former swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events. Zertsalova competed in a medley double at the
2000 Summer Olympics
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in
Sydney
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. She achieved
FINA B-standards of 2:23.30 (200 m individual medley) and 4:59.24 (400 m individual medley) from the Russian Open Championships in
Saint Petersburg
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. On the first day of the Games, Zertsalova placed twenty-seventh in the
400 m individual medley. Swimming in heat one, she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind Argentina's
Georgina Bardach
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and Slovakia's
Jana Korbasová in 5:09.03. Two days later, in the
200 m individual medley, Zertsalova posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat, but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims.
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1982 births
Living people
Kyrgyzstani female medley swimmers
Olympic swimmers for Kyrgyzstan
Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Bishkek
Kyrgyzstani people of Russian descent
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