Anjelika Solovieva (also ''Anzhelika Solovyova'', russian: Анжелика Соловьёва; born March 19, 1980) is a Kyrgyz former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and backstroke events. Solovieva competed in two swimming events at the

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. She achieved a FINA B-cut of 1:06.33 from the Kazakhstan Open Championships in

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. On the second day of the Games, Solovieva placed forty-fourth in the

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. Swimming in heat one, she faded down the stretch to pick up a fifth seed in 1:07.63, exactly 1.3 seconds below her entry standard and 1.15 behind leader

Lizza Danila Marie-Lizza Toinette Danila (born September 17, 1982) is a Filipino former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. She represented the Philippines, as a 17-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and later collected a total of six silver me ...

of the Philippines. Three days later, Solovieva, along with

Yekaterina Tochenaya Yekaterina Tochenaya (russian: Екатерина Точеная; born May 9, 1981) is a Kyrgyzstani former swimmer, who specialized in sprint and middle-distance freestyle events. She holds a dual citizenship status to compete internationally fo ...

Anna Korshikova Anna Korshikova (russian: Анна Коршикова; born July 6, 1982) is a Kyrgyz former swimmer, who specialized in middle-distance freestyle events. Korshikova competed in two swimming events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She achie ...

, and Nataliya Korabelnikova, placed fourteenth in the 4×200 m freestyle relay (8:41.21).

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* 1980 births Living people Kyrgyzstani female backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Kyrgyzstan Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Kyrgyzstani female freestyle swimmers Kyrgyzstani people of Russian descent {{Kyrgyzstan-swimming-bio-stub