Inna Yoffe ( he, אינה יופה; born February 8, 1988) is an Israeli Olympic

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Biography

Yoffe is Jewish, and was born in the Soviet Union. She and the Israeli synchronized swimming team train in Jerusalem. She swims for the Maccabi Kiryat-HaYovel club of Jerusalem.

Synchronized swimming career

In 2003, she and partner Anastasia Gloushkov placed 15th in the World Championship duet event (where at age 15, she was the youngest competitor), and sixth in the World Youth Championship. At the 2004 European Championships in

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, Spain, she and Gloushkov finished 9th in duet. She competed on behalf of

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, Greece in the synchronized swimming duet, in which she came in 17th, along with her partner Gloushkov. She was the youngest member of the Israeli delegation at 16 years of age. She competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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

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, Hungary, they were 7th in the duet. She and Gloushkov placed 14th in the synchronized swimming technical duets competition in the

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, China. The pair qualified to represent

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in London, finishing in 17th place.

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