- Yana Klochkova
Infobox Swimmer
swimmername = Yana Klochkova
imagesize = 200px
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fullname = Яна Олександрівна Клочкова
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nationality = UKR
strokes = Freestyle, Individual Medley
club = Dynamo
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birthdate =birth date and age|1982|08|07
birthplace =Simferopol ,Krym
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height = height|m=1.82
weight = convert|70|kg|lb|0
medaltemplates =Yana Oleksandrivna Klochkova (born
August 7 ,1982 inSimferopol ) is a Ukrainianswimmer , who has won five Olympic medals in her career, with four of them being gold.Her
gold medal s came in the 200 meterindividual medley and the 400 meter individual medley at the 2000 and2004 Summer Olympics ; hersilver medal came in the 800 meter freestyle at the2000 Summer Olympics . She has also won ten titles at swimming's world championships, nineteen european championship titles. She currently holds the short-course world record in the 400 meter individual medley. Her 400 I.M. world record was broken by American Katie Hoff at the 2007 World Championships in Melbourne. In 2003 she won four golds at the Summer Universiade inSouth Korea . She was also awarded theHero of Ukraine medal. In 2004, she was named bySwimming World magazine as the "World Female Swimmer of the Year".Titles
Some of Yana Klochkova's titles:
Olympic Champion
* 2000, Sydney: 200 m medley
* 2000, Sydney: 400 m medley
* 2004, Athens: 200 m medley
* 2004, Athens: 400 m medleyWorld Champion, Long Course
* 2001, Fukuoka: 400 m freestyle
* 2001, Fukuoka: 400 m medley
* 2003, Barcelona: 200 m medley
* 2003, Barcelona: 400 m medleyWorld Champion, Short Course
* 1999, Hong Kong: 400 m medley
* 2000, Athens: 200 m medley
* 2000, Athens: 400 m medley
* 2002, Moscow: 400 m freestyle
* 2002, Moscow: 200 m medley
* 2002, Moscow: 400 m medleyEuropean Champion, Long Course
* 1999, Istanbul: 200 m medley
* 1999, Istanbul: 400 m medley
* 2000, Helsinki: 400 m freestyle
* 2000, Helsinki: 200 m medley
* 2000, Helsinki: 400 m medley
* 2002, Berlin: 400 m freestyle
* 2002, Berlin: 200 m medley
* 2002, Berlin: 400 m medley
* 2004, Madrid: 200 m medley
* 2004, Madrid: 400 m medleyEuropean Champion, Short Course
* 1999, Lisbon: 400 m freestyle
* 1999, Lisbon: 800 m freestyle
* 1999, Lisbon: 200 m medley
* 1999, Lisbon: 400 m medley
* 2000, Valencia: 200 m medley
* 2000, Valencia: 400 m medley
* 2001, Antwerp: 200 m medley
* 2002, Riesa: 200 m medley
* 2002, Riesa: 400 m medleyUniversiade Champion, Long Course
* 2003, Deagu: 200 m freestyle
* 2003, Deagu: 200 m butterfly
* 2003, Deagu: 200 m medley
* 2003, Deagu: 400 m medleyee also
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World record progression 400 metres medley
References
External links
* [http://www.the-sports.org/swimming-klochkova-yana-results-identity-s10-c2-b4-o84-w4945.html All her results]
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