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Aliaksandra Viktarauna Herasimenia ( be, Аляксандра Віктараўна Герасіменя russian: Алекса́ндра Ви́кторовна Герасиме́ня; Łacinka: Aliaksandra Viktaraŭna Hierasimienia / Aleksandra Gerasimenya; born 31 December 1985) is a Belarusian former swimmer.
After a medal-winning career, including gold at the 2012 World Championships and silver at the 2012 London Olympics, she became a critic of the Lukashenko regime in Belarus, and now lives in exile in Lithuania.
She is 2 times olympic runner-up ( 2012 London) in the 50-meter freestyle and 100-meter freestyle, Olympic bronze medalist ( 2016 Rio de Janeiro) in the 50-meter freestyle, World Champion ( 2011 Shanghai) in the 100-meter freestyle, World Champion (25m pool) ( 2012 Istanbul) in the 50-meter freestyle, European Champion ( 2010 Budapest) in the 50-meter backstroke, and 3 consecutive times Universiade Champion ( 2009 Belgrade, 2011 Shenzhen and 2013 Kazan) in the 50-meter freestyle.
Despite a two-year ban for a positive test for norandrosterone in 2003, Gerasimenya returned to win gold medals at both, the European and World Championships.
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Swimming career
She is 2 times olympic runner-up ( 2012 London) in the 50-meter freestyle and 100-meter freestyle, Olympic bronze medalist ( 2016 Rio de Janeiro) in the 50-meter freestyle, World Champion ( 2011 Shanghai) in the 100-meter freestyle, World Champion (25m pool) ( 2012 Istanbul) in the 50-meter freestyle, European Champion ( 2010 Budapest) in the 50-meter backstroke, and 3 consecutive times Universiade Champion ( 2009 Belgrade, 2011 Shenzhen and 2013 Kazan) in the 50-meter freestyle.
Despite a two-year ban for a positive test for norandrosterone in 2003, Gerasimenya returned to win gold medals at both, the European and World Championships.
At the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
The 14th FINA World Championships () were held on 16–31 July 2011 in Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, open water, and synch ...
, she won the gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle, tied with Jeanette Ottesen of Denmark in a time of 53.45.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she won silver medals in the 50 and 100-meter freestyle events.
Belarusian political activity
During the 2020 Belarusian protests, Herasimenia was responsible for youth and sports in '' National Anti-crisis Management'', a shadow government created by the Belarusian Coordination Council for thepeaceful transfer of power
A peaceful transition or transfer of power is a concept important to democratic governments in which the leadership of a government peacefully hands over control of government to a newly-elected leadership. This may be after elections or during t ...
following the 2020 Belarusian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Belarus on Sunday, 9 August 2020. Early voting began on 4 August and ran until 8 August.
Incumbent Alexander Lukashenko was announced by the Central Election Commission (CEC) to have won a sixth term in off ...
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Herasimenia is a founder of the Belarusian Sport Solidarity Foundation (BSSF), a group that supports athletes jailed or sidelined for their political views. In April 2021, she sold her 2012 world championship gold medal to raise funds for the foundation and for legal fees after facing charges from the Belarus Government for criticising them on social media.
She was one of the supporters of Belarusian sprinter, Krystsina Tsimanouskaya
Krystsina Siarheyeuna Tsimanouskaya ( be, Крысціна Сяргееўна Ціманоўская, Łacinka: , ; born 19 November 1996) is a Belarusian-Polish sprinter. She has won numerous medals at various events, including a silver m ...
, who was threatened with enforced return to Belarus from the Tokyo Olympics after criticising team coaches. Herasimenia sought assistance for Tsimanouskaya from a number of European embassies.
In March 2022 Herasimenia stated her opposition to the Belarusian government’s involvement in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: “Ukraine has never been our enemy, it is our fraternal people."
See also
* Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships * 2010 European Aquatics Championships * Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships *Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics
The swimming competitions at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place from 28 July to 4 August at the Aquatics Centre. The open-water competition took place from 9 to 10 August in Hyde Park.
Swimming featured 34 events (17 male, 17 fema ...
*Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics
The swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 13 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. The women's open-water marathon was held on August 15, and the men's open water race on August 16 in Fort C ...
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