Olga Vasilyevna Klevakina (russian: Ольга Васильевна Клевакина; born 4 April 1962) is a

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retired swimmer. She competed at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

in six events: 100 m, 200 m, 400 m and 4 × 100 m freestyle and 400 m and 4 × 100 m medley, and reached finals in all events but the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, because her team was disqualified in the preliminaries for an improper changeover. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, where she swam for the Soviet team in the preliminaries, and finished fourth in the 100 m and 200 m freestyle. She also won three medals at the

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and

1981 European Aquatics Championships The 1981 European Aquatics Championships were held in an indoor pool (50 m) in Split, Yugoslavia from 5 September to 12 September 1981. Besides swimming there were titles contested in diving, synchronized swimming (women) and water polo ...

in individual and team medley events, as well as three medals at the

1981 Summer Universiade The 1981 Summer Universiade, also known as the XI Summer Universiade, took place in Bucharest, Romania. The events were watched by 200,000 spectators. Sports * * * * * * * * * * Medal table External links Universiada 81-TVR {{Univer ...

. Klevakina was born in

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and then moved to Moscow.XLVIII ЧЕМПИОНАТ СССР ПО ПЛАВАНИЮ В ПРОГРАММЕ VII СПАРТАКИАДЫ НАРОДОВ СССР (25–31 июля 1979 г., Москва)
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1962 births Living people Belarusian female freestyle swimmers Belarusian female medley swimmers Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Soviet female freestyle swimmers Soviet female medley swimmers Olympic swimmers for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Summer World University Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games silver medalists for the Soviet Union FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1981 Summer Universiade People from Salihorsk Sportspeople from Minsk Region {{Belarus-swimming-bio-stub