Triin Aljand (born 8 July 1985) is a retired

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who won a silver medal at the

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in 50 m butterfly. She competed in the

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and

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in the 50 m and 100 m freestyle and 100 butterfly, but never reached the finals. She also participated in multiple

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. She attended

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, where she swam for the women's varsity team. On 21 November 2008 she broke the

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record for the 50-yard freestyle with her time of 21.61, though the record was disqualified after it was found the pool was just over one inch short.

Records

She set the Estonian national records three times in the 50-m butterfly on 12 December 2008. She set another national record in the 100-m butterfly at the 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships on 14 December 2008.

Personal

Her twin sister Berit and younger brother

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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 She is married to Slovenian swimmer

Peter Mankoč Peter Mankoč (born 4 July 1978 in Ljubljana, Slovenia) is a Slovenian swimmer. He is one of the most successful short course European Championship swimmers in the history of the event. Mankoč is the former world record holder in the 100 meter ...

. They have a daughter Brina, who was born in 2015.

References

External links

ESBL bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aljand, Triin 1985 births Living people Estonian female butterfly swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Estonian female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Estonia Swimmers from Tallinn Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Texas A&M Aggies women's swimmers Estonian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Estonian swimming coaches