Berit Aljand (born 8 July 1985) is an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n swimmer. She was born in

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

. Her twin sister

Triin Triin is an Estonian feminine given name. Triinu is another version of Triin. It is a form of '' Katherine''. It is likely that the name Triin derives from the North Germanic name Trina which was first documented in 1652, in Sweden Swede ...

and younger brother

Martti The IV District, also known as Martti ( Finnish; ''Martinsbacken'' in Swedish), is one of the central districts of Turku, Finland. It is located on the east side of the river Aura, between ''Tervahovinkatu'' in the west and ''Betaniankatu'' a ...

are also swimmers. Her father Riho Aljand is a swimming coach, and her grandmother,

Ulvi Voog Ulvi Indrikson (née Voog; born 18 February 1937) is an Estonian former freestyle swimmer who won a silver medal in the 4×100 m medley relay at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships. She also competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the 100 m a ...

(Indrikson) is a former Olympic swimmer.Triin Aljand
sports-reference.com In 2010 she graduated from the University of Louisiana in international relations speciality. She started her swimming exercising in 1992, coached by his father. She has competed at the

World Aquatics Championships The FINA World Championships or World Aquatics Championships are the World Championships for aquatics sports: swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming, and water polo. They are run by FINA, and all swimming events ar ...

. She is multiple-times Estonian champion in different swimming disciplines. 2000-2007 she was a member of Estonian national swimming team. She is living and working in the USA.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aljand, Berit Living people 1985 births Estonian female backstroke swimmers Estonian emigrants to the United States Swimmers from Tallinn