Yevgeniya Yermakova (born April 9, 1976 in

Alma-Ata Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of t ...

Kazakh SSR ; kk, Қазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасы) *1991: Republic of Kazakhstan (russian: Республика Казахстан; kk, Қазақстан Республикасы) , linking_name = the ...

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) is a retired female freestyle swimmer from

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. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 ( Barcelona, Spain) for the Unified Team. Her best Olympic result was finishing in fourth place at the

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in the women's 4×100 m freestyle relay event. She was a gold medalist at the 1991 European Championships (LC) in Athens, Greece. Yermakova was barred after failing a drugs test for a

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in May 2000. She lives in

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with her husband.

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* * 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Almaty Kazakhstani female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of the Unified Team Olympic swimmers of Kazakhstan Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Kazakhstani sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Kazakhstan Kazakhstani people of Russian descent 20th-century Kazakhstani women 21st-century Kazakhstani women {{Kazakhstan-swimming-bio-stub