Yelena Grigoryevna Rudkovskaya (russian: Елена Григорьевна Рудковская) (born 21 April 1973 in

Gomel Gomel (russian: Гомель, ) or Homiel ( be, Гомель, ) is the administrative centre of Gomel Region and the second-largest city in Belarus with 526,872 inhabitants (2015 census). Etymology There are at least six narratives of the ori ...

) is a

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ian

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 ...

and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1992 Olympic Games in

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, where she received a gold medal in 100 m

breaststroke Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can be s ...

, and a bronze medal in 4×100 m medley relay."1992 Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Swimming"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 8 September 2008)

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* 1973 births Living people Sportspeople from Gomel Belarusian female breaststroke swimmers Soviet female breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers of the Unified Team Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Unified Team Olympic bronze medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Unified Team Olympic gold medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade bronze medalists for Belarus {{Europe-Olympic-medalist-stub