Iryna Amshennikova

Iryna Vitaliïvna Amshennikova (Ukrainian: Ірина Віталіївна Амшеннікова, born 19 May 1986) is a Ukrainian backstroke swimmer. She had her best achievements in short course competitions, where she won bronze at the 2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in the 200 m backstroke and six medals, including one gold, at the European Short Course Swimming Championships. She also competed at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics in several events, but was eliminated in the preliminaries. During her career she set 29 national records in the 50–200 m backstroke and various relay events.

Iryna Amshennikova

Personal information
Born	(1986-05-19) 19 May 1986 Komsomolsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Medal record Women's swimming Representing Ukraine World Championships (SC) 2002 Moscow 200 m backstroke European Championships (SC) 2005 Trieste 200 m backstroke 2006 Helsinki 200 m backstroke 2006 Helsinki 50 m backstroke 2003 Dublin 200 m backstroke 2006 Helsinki 100 m backstroke 2007 Debrecen 200 m backstroke European Championships (LC) 2004 Madrid 4×100 m medley 2006 Budapest 200 m backstroke 2002 Berlin 200 m backstroke 2002 Berlin 4×100 m medley European Junior Championships 2002 Linz 200 m backstroke 2001 Malta 100 m backstroke 2002 Linz 100 m backstroke

Biography

Amshennikova was born in Komsomolsk, Ukraine, to Olga Oleksandrovna (Ukrainian: Ольга Олександрівна), a competitive swimmer, and Vitali Alekseevich (Ukrainian: Віталій Олексійович), an amateur track and orienteering athlete. Her brother Eugene (Ukrainian: Женя) started with swimming but then became a competitive shooter. In 1997, her local pool was closed for reparations and Iryna moved to Kyiv, where she studied and trained in a boarding school. In 2004, she relocated to Zaporizhia to train with the coach Anatoly Zhuravlev. She graduated from the National University of Physical Education and Sports of Ukraine.

External links

• AMSHENNIKOVA, Iryna at Swimrankings.net