Olga Moltchanova (russian: Ольга Молчанова; born February 4, 1979) is a Russian-born Kyrgyz former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. She became a top 8 finalist for Russia at the

1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships The second edition of the European Short Course Swimming Championships was held in Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England, from 11 to 13 December 1998. A total number of 355 swimmers from 34 nations competed in these champio ...

, and later switched nationalities to represent Kyrgyzstan at the

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. Moltchanova made her own swimming history at the 1998 European Championships (short course) in Sheffield, England, where she shared a seventh-place tie with Austria's

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in the 100 m breaststroke (a matching time of 1:09.42). Moltchanova competed for Kyrgyzstan in a breaststroke double at the

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. She achieved FINA B-standards of 1:13.26 (100 m breaststroke) and 2:37.31 (200 m breaststroke) from the Kazakhstan Open Championships in

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. On the second day of the Games, Moltchanova placed thirty-fourth in the 100 m breaststroke. Swimming in heat two, she faded down the stretch from third at the opening length to pick up a fourth seed in 1:14.41, more than a second below her entry standard. Three days later, in the 200 m breaststroke, Moltchanova posted a time of 2:41.43 in heat one, but finished farther from the top 16 field with a thirty-third place effort.

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* 1979 births Living people Kyrgyzstani female breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Kyrgyzstan Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Russian female breaststroke swimmers Russian emigrants to Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstani people of Russian descent {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub