Alexandra Zertsalova

Alexandra Zertsalova
Personal information
Full name Alexandra Zertsalova
National team  Kyrgyzstan
Born (1982-01-18) 18 January 1982
Bishkek, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Individual medley

Alexandra Zertsalova (Russian: Александра Зерцалова; born January 18, 1982) is a Kyrgyz former swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events.[1] Zertsalova competed in a medley double at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She achieved FINA B-standards of 2:23.30 (200 m individual medley) and 4:59.24 (400 m individual medley) from the Russian Open Championships in Saint Petersburg.[2][3] On the first day of the Games, Zertsalova placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley. Swimming in heat one, she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind Argentina's Georgina Bardach and Slovakia's Jana Korbasová in 5:09.03.[4][5] Two days later, in the 200 m individual medley, Zertsalova posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat, but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims.[6][7]

References

  1. "Alexandra Zertsalova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  2. "Swimming – Women's 200m Individual Medley Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  3. "Swimming – Women's 400m Individual Medley Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  4. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 400m Individual Medley Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 329. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  5. Newberry, Paul (16 September 2000). "Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  6. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 200m Individual Medley Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 323. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  7. "Malchow sets Olympic record in 200 fly". Canoe.ca. 18 September 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
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