Natalia Hadjiloizou ( el, Ναταλία Χατζηλοΐζου; born 23 March 1979 in Vitebsk, Belarus as Natalya Baranovskaya; be, Наталля Бараноўская, translit=Natallya Baranowskaya; russian: Наталья Барановская) is a professional

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Swimming career

She made her Olympic debut at the

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in Atlanta for Belarus. Hadjiloizou also competed in the

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for Belarus, where she placed 6th in the 200 m freestyle and did not advance out of the preliminary heats in the 400 m freestyle. She won the 'Open' 1999 British Championship in the 400 metres freestyle. After deciding to retire aged 22 in 2001, she moved to Cyprus where she married her coach Giorgios, and later competed for

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where she ranked 45th in the 100 metre butterfly event.

References

1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Vitebsk Cypriot female swimmers Belarusian female freestyle swimmers Female butterfly swimmers Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Belarus Olympic swimmers for Cyprus Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Belarusian emigrants to Cyprus European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming {{Cyprus-swimming-bio-stub