Anastasia Gloushkov ( he, אנסטסיה גלושקוב, russian: Анастасия Глушкова; born May 24, 1985) is an Israeli Olympic

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Biography

Gloushkov is Jewish, and was born in

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, Soviet Union. Her parents were both accomplished swimmers, and when she was six the family moved to Greece, where her parents taught swimming. Three years later, they moved to Jerusalem. Her mother, Tatiana Tsym, coaches the Israeli synchronized swimming team, which trains in Jerusalem. Gloushkov and her fiancé live in the Jerusalem suburb of

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, and she is studying for a bachelor's degree in social sciences and human resources at Achva College of

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) ( he, אוניברסיטת בן-גוריון בנגב, ''Universitat Ben-Guriyon baNegev'') is a public research university in Beersheba, Israel. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has five campuses: the ...

Synchronized swimming career

She won a

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in synchronized swimming at the 1996 Belgium Open, and was fourth at the 1998 Youth Olympic Games. At the 2000 Mediterranean Games in Jerusalem, at the age of 15 she won

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s in both the singles and the duet events. In 2003, she won a bronze medal at the European Youth Championship. At the 2004 European Championships, she finished 10th in singles and she and her partner

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finished 9th in duet. Gloushkov competed on behalf of

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, Greece, in the synchronized swimming duet, in which she came in 17th at the age of 19, along with Yoffe. Gloushkov competed on behalf of

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, China, in the synchronized swimming duet, in which she and Yoffe came in 15th. At the 2010 European Championships in

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, Hungary, she was 4th in the solo event, and 7th in the duet. She and Yoffe placed 14th in the synchronized swimming technical duets competition in the

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, China. Gloushkov also finished 10th in the technical solo competition. The pair qualified to represent

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in London, finishing in 17th place.

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