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
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...
in
Sydney
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. She achieved a
FINA B-cut of 2:05.61 from the Russian Open Championships in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
. On the third day of the Games, Korshikova placed thirty-fifth in the
200 m freestyle. Swimming in heat two, she enjoyed the race with an early lead, but faded shortly to a fourth seed in 2:08.08, over three body lengths behind leader
Lára Hrund Bjargardóttir of Iceland. Two days later, Korshikova, 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 ...
,
Nataliya Korabelnikova, and
Anjelika Solovieva, placed fourteenth in the
4×200 m freestyle relay (8:41.21).
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1982 births
Living people
Olympic swimmers for Kyrgyzstan
Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Kyrgyzstani female freestyle swimmers
Sportspeople from Bishkek
Kyrgyzstani people of Russian descent
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