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Nina Zhivanevskaya

Personal information
Full nameNina Aleksandrovna Zhivanevskaya
NationalityRussia (pre-1999)
Spain (1999-)
StrokesBackstroke
ClubC.N. Sabadell (2000)
C. Valenciano N. (2008)
Birth date24 June 1977(age 33)
Birth placeMoscow, USSR
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6.1 in)
Weight123 lbs (56 kg)

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Nina Aleksandrovna Zhivanevskaya ( , born 24 June 1977) is a 5-time Olympic backstroke swimmer from Russia, who has swum for Spain since 1999, following her marriage to a Spaniard (and moving to Spain).

She swam at the 1992 Olympics for the Unified Team, Russia at the 1996 Olympics, and Spain at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics. At the 1992 Games, she won a bronze medal in the 4×100 m medley relay, and was the youngest member of the Unified Team swimming squad (18 men and 11 women), with 15 years and 35 days.

Following the 1996 Olympics, she was banned from competition after a positive doping test for the banned substance Bromantan. Zhivanevskaya returned to competition in 1999, and won the bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke a year later at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Zhivanevskaya took part in the 2008 Olympic Games, reaching the semi-finals in the 100 m backstroke. After this event, she announced she was retiring from the sport so that she could concentrate on her family.


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Da Rocha se lleva el bronce en los 200 espalda - Diario de Sevilla Tweet this news
Diario de Sevilla--Rocha, predestinada a coger el relevo de María Peláez y la naturalizada -Nina Zhivanevskaya- en la natación malagueña, consiguió la medalla de bronce en el ... - Date : Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:52:51 GMT+00:00
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Las Provincias---Nina Zhivanevskaya-. Arrebató varios récords a la nadadora rusa nacionalizada española, que no se lo tomó demasiado bien. Nunca tuvieron buena relación. ... - Date : Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:04:30 GMT+00:00
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La Opinión de Málaga---...- una carrera llena de éxitos y medallas para esta jovencísima espaldista, admiradora de la hispanorusa afincada en Torremolinos -Nina Zhivanevskaya-. ... - Date : Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:20:57 GMT+00:00
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Medal Record
Women's swimming
Competitor for the EUN
Olympic Games
Bronze1992 Barcelona4x100 m medley
Competitor for Spain
Bronze2000 Sydney100 m backstroke
World Championships (LC)
Competitor for Russia
Silver1994 Rome100 m backstroke
Bronze1994 Rome4x100 m medley
European Championships (LC)
Competitor for Russia
Silver1993 Sheffield100 m backstroke
Silver1993 Sheffield4x100 m medley
Bronze1993 Sheffield200 m backstroke
Bronze1993 Sheffield4x100 m freestyle
Bronze1995 Vienna100 m backstroke
Competitor for Spain
Gold2000 Helsinki50 m backstroke
Gold2000 Helsinki100 m backstroke
Gold2000 Helsinki200 m backstroke
Gold2002 Berlin50 m backstroke
Silver1999 Istanbul50 m backstroke
Silver1999 Istanbul100 m backstroke
Silver2002 Berlin200 m backstroke
Silver2004 Madrid50 m backstroke
Silver2008 Eindhoven50 m backstroke
Bronze2004 Madrid100 m backstroke
Bronze2008 Eindhoven100 m backstroke
Mediterranean Games
Gold2001 Tunis100 m backstroke
Gold2001 Tunis200 m backstroke

World Long Course Champions in Women's 50 m Backstroke

2001: Haley Cope (USA) * 2003: Nina Zhivanevskaya (ESP) * 2005: Giaan Rooney (AUS) * 2007: Leila Vaziri (USA) * 2009: Zhao Jing (CHN)

European Champions in Women's 50 m Backstroke

1999: Sandra Völker (GER) * 2000: Nina Zhivanevskaya (ESP) * 2002: Nina Zhivanevskaya (ESP) * 2004: Ilona Hlavácková (CZE) * 2006: Janine Pietsch (GER) * 2008: Anastasia Zuyeva (RUS) |

European Champions in Women's 100 m Backstroke

1927: Wilhelmine den Turk (NED) * 1931: Marie Braun (NED) * 1934: Rie Mastenbroek (NED) * 1938: Cor Kint (NED) * 1947: Karen Margrete Harup (DEN) * 1950: Hendrika van der Horst (NED) * 1954: Geertje Wielemav {NED) * 1958: Judy Grinham (GBR) * 1962: Rita van Velsen (NED) * 1966: Christine Caron (FRA) * 1970: Tinatin Lekveishvili (URS) * 1974: Ulrike Richter (GDR) * 1977: Birgit Treiber (GDR) * 1981: Ina Kleber (GDR) * 1983: Ina Kleber (GDR) * 1985: Birte Weigang (GDR) * 1987: Kristin Otto (GDR) * 1989: Kristin Otto (GDR) * 1991: Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) * 1993: Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) * 1995: Mette Jacobsen (DEN) * 1997: Antje Buschschulte (GER) * 1999: Sandra Völker (GER) * 2000: Nina Zhivanevskaya (ESP) * 2002: Stanislava Komarova (RUS) * 2004: Laure Manaudou (FRA) * 2006: Laure Manaudou (FRA) * 2008: Anastasia Zuyeva (RUS) |

European Champions in Women's 200 m Backstroke

1970: Andrea Gyarmati (HUN) * 1974: Ulrike Richter (GDR) * 1977: Birgit Treiber (GDR) * 1981: Cornelia Polit (GDR) * 1983: Cornelia Sirch (GDR) * 1985: Cornelia Sirch (GDR) * 1987: Cornelia Sirch (GDR) * 1989: Dagmar Hase (GDR) * 1991: Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) * 1993: Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) * 1995: Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) * 1997: Cathleen Rund (GER) * 1999: Roxana Maracineanu (FRA) * 2000: Nina Zhivanevskaya (ESP) * 2002: Stanislava Komarova (RUS) * 2004: Stanislava Komarova (RUS) * 2006: Esther Baron (FRA) * 2008: Laure Manaudou (FRA) |

European Short Course Champions in Women's 100 m Backstroke

1996: Antje Buschschulte (GER) * 1998: Sandra Völker (GER) * 1999: Nina Zhivanevskaya (ESP) * 2000 - 2001: Ilona Hlaváčková (CZE) * 2002 - 2003: Antje Buschschulte (GER) * 2004: Kateryna Zubkova (UKR) * 2005 - 2007: Laure Manaudou (FRA) * 2008: Sanja Jovanović (CRO) * 2009: Ksenia Moskvina (RUS)

Mediterranean Champions in Women's 200 m Backstroke

1979: Michèle Ricaud (FRA) * 1983: Manuela Carosi (ITA) * 1987: Lorenza Vigarani (ITA) * 1991: Lorenza Vigarani (ITA) * 1993: Francesca Salvalajo (ITA) * 1997: Laura Porchianello (ITA) * 2001: Nina Zhivanevskaya (ESP) * 2005: Alessia Filippi (ITA)

2000 Spain Olympic Swimming Team

Men's Competition
Juan Benavides * Javier Botello * Jordi Carrasco * Santiago Castellanos * Teo Edo * Frederik Hviid * Eduardo Lorente * Guillermo Mediano * Daniel Morales * David Ortega * Jorge Pérez * Jorge Luis Ulibarri
Women's Competition
Angels Bardina * Lourdes Becerra * Ana Belén Palomo * Natalia Cabrerizo * Paula Carballido * María Carmen Collado * Mireia García * Ivette María * María Peláez * Laura Roca * Nina Zhivanevskaya

2004 Spain Olympic Swimming Team

Men's Competition
Eduardo Lorente * Javier Noriega * Marco Rivera * Jorge Sánchez * Aschwin Wildeboer * Olaf Wildeboer
Women's Competition
Ana Belén Palomo * Melissa Caballero * María Peláez * Sara Pérez * Arantxa Ramos * Laura Roca * Tatiana Rouba * Erika Villaecija * Roser Vives * Nina Zhivanevskaya

2008 Spain Olympic Swimming Team

Men's Competition
Melquiades Alvarez * Brenton Cabello * Sergio García * Francisco Hervás * Borja Iradier * Javier Noriega * Marco Rivera * Rafael Muñoz * Javier Núñez * Aschwin Wildeboer
Women's Competition
Mireia Belmonte * Victoria Bernard * Melania Costa * Noemi Feliz * María Fuster * Lydia Morant * María Peláez * Mercedes Peris * Arantxa Ramos * Yurema Requena * Angela San Juan * Erika Villaecija * Nina Zhivanevskaya



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