Olga Beresnyeva ( uk, Ольга Береснєва, he, אולגה ברנסייבה; born 12 October 1985 in Zhdanov),Ольга Береснєва стала чемпіонкою Європи з плавання
, Gazeta.ua (August 10, 2010) is an Olympic and national-record holding distance

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

for

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inva ...

. She also competed for

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

between 2004 and 2010, before returning to her native Ukraine.

Career

She has swum at the: *Olympics: 2000, 2004, 2012 *World Championships: 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013 *European Championships: 2010 *Open Water Worlds: 2008, 2010 She swam for Ukraine at her first Olympic Games in

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, at the age of 14; and at her second Olympics in

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...

. At the 2003 World Championships, she set the Ukraine Record in the 1500 free (16:27.76). After the 2004 Olympics, she change sport nationality to

. After failing to qualify for the 2008 Olympics, Beresnyeva returned to Ukraine. Originally a distance swimmer in the pool, she began swimming open water races in 2008. Beresnyeva won the 25K race at the 2010 European Championships, the first time she swam the race. She swam in her third Olympics in

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, swimming the Open Water event, but was disqualified and excluded from the Games by the IOC in June 2015 after re-analysis of a drug test showed she had been doping.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beresnyeva, Olga 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Mariupol Ukrainian emigrants to Israel Olympic swimmers for Ukraine Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Female long-distance swimmers Ukrainian female swimmers Doping cases in swimming Ukrainian sportspeople in doping cases Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade bronze medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade

Career

See also

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