Arina Pavlovna Openysheva (russian: Арина Павловна Опёнышева; born 24 March 1999) is a Russian competitive

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. She won eight medals at the

2015 European Games The 2015 European Games, also known as Baku 2015 or Baku 2015 European Games ( az, Bakı 2015 Avropa Oyunları), were the inaugural edition of the European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes representing the National Olympic ...

. Seven medals were gold (200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley, 4 × 100 m mixed freestyle, 4 × 100 m mixed medley) making her the most decorated athlete of the Games.

Career

In 2013, Openysheva competed at the

2013 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival The 2013 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held in Utrecht, Netherlands, between 14 and 19 July 2013. Sports There were contested nine sports: Venues Schedule The competition schedule for the 2017 European Youth Olympic Summer Fest ...

taking 8 gold medals overall in (100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m, 4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley, 4 × 100 m mixed freestyle and 4 × 100 m mixed medley). In 2014, at the 2014 European Junior Championships, Openysheva won 8 gold medals in (100 m, 200 m, 400 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley, 4 × 100 m mixed freestyle and 4 × 100 m mixed medley). That same year, she competed in seniors at the 2014 European Championships and at the

2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The 12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) were held in Doha, Qatar on 3–7 December 2014. The Hamad Aquatic Centre in the Aspire Zone hosted the event. Host selection On 14 December 2010, FINA announced that Catania, Italy would host the ...

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. In June 2015, 16-year-old Openysheva competed at the inaugural

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, she won seven gold medals including in 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, and helping the Russian Team win gold in 4 × 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m mixed medley, 4 × 100 m mixed freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle and in 4 × 100 m medley (together with Mariia Kameneva,

Maria Astashkina Maria Astashkina (russian: Мария Асташкина), (born 5 April 1999 in Penza, Russia) is a Russian swimmer. She won 4 gold medals in (200 m, 100 m, 50m breaststroke and 4 × 100 m medley) at the 2015 European Games. Career In 2014 ...

, Polina Egorova broke a new junior world record touching in at 4:03.22). She won silver in 100 m freestyle behind Dutch

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. Openysheva was the most decorated athlete at the entire

. In 2–9 August, Openysheva competed in seniors at the 2015 World Championships in

Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering a ...

, however she did not reach the semifinals in her events after losing in the preliminary heats. She also competed at the FINA Swimming World Cup in

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, finishing 4th in the women's 100 m freestyle behind

Veronika Popova Veronika Andreyevna Andrusenko (née Popova) (russian: Вероника Андреевна Андрусенко (Попова); born 20 January 1991) is a Russian competitive swimmer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the national ...

. In 25–30 August, Openysheva then competed at the 2015 World Junior Swimming Championships in

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, she won gold in 4 × 100 m mixed medley (with

Anton Chupkov Anton Mikhailovich Chupkov (russian: Антон Михайлович Чупков; born 22 February 1997) is a Russian competitive swimmer. He is the European record holder in the long course 200 metre breaststroke and the Russian record holde ...

, Irina Pridhoko and

Daniil Pakhomov Daniil Pavlovich Pakhomov (russian: Даниил Павлович Пахомов); born 5 August 1998) is a Russian swimmer. He won four gold medals in (200 m, 100 m butterfly, 4 × 100 m medley and 4 × 100 m mixed medley) and breaking a new Ju ...

) were Russia threw in a new Junior World record touching in at 3:45.85, she won silver medals in 4 × 100 m freestyle and 200 m freestyle, bronze medals in 100 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m mixed freestyle and 4 × 200 m freestyle.

References

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Arina Openysheva Sports bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Openysheva, Arina 1999 births Living people Sportspeople from Krasnoyarsk Russian female freestyle swimmers Russian female medley swimmers Olympic swimmers of Russia Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics European Games gold medalists for Russia European Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2015 European Games European Games silver medalists for Russia Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Universiade medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Universiade gold medalists for Russia Universiade silver medalists for Russia Universiade bronze medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade