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Full name | Nina Aleksandrovna Zhivanevskaya | Nationality | Russia (pre-1999) Spain (1999-) | Strokes | Backstroke | Club | C.N. Sabadell (2000) C. Valenciano N. (2008) | Birth date | 24 June 1977(age 33) | Birth place | Moscow, USSR | Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6.1 in) | Weight | 123 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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World Long Course Champions in Women's 50 m Backstroke
European Champions in Women's 50 m Backstroke
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)
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European Champions in Women's 200 m Backstroke
European Short Course Champions in Women's 100 m Backstroke
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
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 |