Nina Zhivanevskaya

Nina Zhivanevskaya

Personal information
Full name	Nina Aleksandrovna Zhivanevskaya
Nationality	Russia (pre-1999)  Spain (1999-)
Born	24 June 1977 (1977-06-24) (age 34) Moscow, USSR
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	123 lbs (56 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Backstroke
Club	C.N. Sabadell (2000) C. Valenciano N. (2008)
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for the Unified Team Olympic Games Bronze 1992 Barcelona 4×100 m medley Competitor for  Spain Bronze 2000 Sydney 100 m backstroke World Championships (LC) Competitor for  Russia Silver 1994 Rome 100 m backstroke Bronze 1994 Rome 4×100 m medley Competitor for  Spain Gold 2003 Barcelona 50 m backstroke European Championships (LC) Competitor for  Russia Silver 1993 Sheffield 100 m backstroke Silver 1993 Sheffield 4×100 m medley Bronze 1993 Sheffield 200 m backstroke Bronze 1993 Sheffield 4×100 m freestyle Bronze 1995 Vienna 100 m backstroke Competitor for  Spain Gold 2000 Helsinki 50 m backstroke Gold 2000 Helsinki 100 m backstroke Gold 2000 Helsinki 200 m backstroke Gold 2002 Berlin 50 m backstroke Silver 1999 Istanbul 50 m backstroke Silver 1999 Istanbul 100 m backstroke Silver 2002 Berlin 200 m backstroke Silver 2004 Madrid 50 m backstroke Silver 2008 Eindhoven 50 m backstroke Bronze 2004 Madrid 100 m backstroke Bronze 2008 Eindhoven 100 m backstroke European Championships (SC) Competitor for  Russia Silver 1992 Espoo 50 m backstroke Silver 1993 Gateshead 50 m backstroke Competitor for  Spain Gold 1999 Lisbon 100 m backstroke Silver 1999 Lisbon 50 m backstroke Silver 1999 Lisbon 200 m backstroke Silver 2000 Valencia 50 m backstroke Silver 2000 Valencia 200 m backstroke Bronze 2000 Valencia 100 m backstroke Mediterranean Games Gold 2001 Tunis 100 m backstroke Gold 2001 Tunis 200 m backstroke

Nina Aleksandrovna Zhivanevskaya (Russian: Нина Александровна Живаневская, 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
• List of Spanish records in swimming

References

• Zhivanevskaya's entry on www.sports-reference.com

1. ^ "ESPN Sydney Swimming". http://static.espn.go.com/oly/summer00/swimming/index.html. Retrieved 2009-03-13. 
2. ^ "RTVE (in Spanish)". http://www.rtve.es/deportes/20080811/aschwin-wildeboer-clasifica-para-final-los-100-metros-espalda/132630.shtml. Retrieved 2008-08-11. 

Persondata
Name	Zhivanevskaya, Nina
Alternative names
Short description	Swimmer
Date of birth	24 June 1977
Place of birth	Moscow, USSR
Date of death
Place of death