Yevgeniya Yermakova

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Yevgeniya Yermakova (born 9 April 1976 in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union) is a retired female freestyle swimmer from Kazakhstan. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 (Barcelona, Spain) for the Unified Team.

Yevgeniya Yermakova
Personal information
Born9 April 1976 (1976-04-09) (age 48)
Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the  Soviet Union
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 1991 Athens 4×100 m medley relay

Her best Olympic result was finishing in fourth place at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the women's 4×100 m freestyle relay event. She was a gold medalist at the 1991 European Championships (LC) in Athens, Greece. Yermakova was barred after failing a drugs test for a diuretic in Monaco in May 2000.[1]

She lives in New Zealand with her husband.

References edit

  1. ^ "rediff.com: Roll of dishonour".

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