Yelena Igorevna Soya (russian: Елена Игоревна Соя, November 9, 1981,

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

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) is a Russian Synchro-swimmer. She has Olympic gold medal in team competition in

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and won two European Championships (1999, 2000). She was a member of national team in 1999-2000. Her father Igor Soya is a coach of a

modern pentathlete The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of fencing (one-touch épée), freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country running. The event is inspired by the traditional pentathlon held during the anc ...

Dmitri Svatkovskiy Dmitri Svatkovskiy (born 27 November 1971) is a Russian modern pentathlete, Olympic champion and politician. Olympics Svatkovskiy competed for Russia at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he won an individual gold medal.

. On 1 January 2010, She is working with the Russian Palarympic Committee.

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Russian synchronized swimmers Olympic synchronized swimmers of Russia Synchronized swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Russia 1981 births Living people Swimmers from Moscow Olympic medalists in synchronized swimming Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub