Yana Klochkova
























































Yana Klochkova
Yana Klochkova 2010 001.jpg
Personal information
Full name Yana Oleksandrivna Klochkova
Nickname(s) "Gold fish"
Nationality
 Ukraine
Born
(1982-08-07) 7 August 1982 (age 36)
Simferopol, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes
Freestyle, Individual medley
Club Dynamo (Ukraine)
Coach Nina Kozhukh
Oleksandr Kozhukh


Yana Oleksandrivna Klochkova (Ukrainian: Яна Олександрівна Клочкова; born 7 August 1982 in Simferopol) is a Ukrainian swimmer, who has won five Olympic medals in her career, with four of them being gold. She is Master of Sports[citation needed], World Class and the only multi gold medal holder (more than two)[citation needed] in Ukraine.




Contents






  • 1 Career


  • 2 Titles


    • 2.1 Olympic Champion


    • 2.2 World Champion, Long Course


    • 2.3 World Champion, Short Course


    • 2.4 European Champion, Long Course


    • 2.5 European Champion, Short Course


    • 2.6 Universiade Champion, Long Course




  • 3 International championships (50 m)


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Career


Her gold medals came in the 200 meter individual medley and the 400 meter individual medley at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics; her silver medal came in the 800 meter freestyle at the 2000 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 m individual medley 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 in South Korea. She was also awarded the Hero of Ukraine medal. In 2004, she was named by Swimming World magazine as the World Female Swimmer of the Year.



Titles


Yana Klochkova's titles include:



Olympic Champion




  • 2000, Sydney: 200 m individual medley


  • 2000, Sydney: 400 m individual medley


  • 2004, Athens: 200 m individual medley


  • 2004, Athens: 400 m individual medley



World Champion, Long Course




  • 2001, Fukuoka: 400 m freestyle


  • 2001, Fukuoka: 400 m individual medley


  • 2003, Barcelona: 200 m individual medley


  • 2003, Barcelona: 400 m individual medley



World Champion, Short Course



  • 1999, Hong Kong: 400 m individual medley

  • 2000, Athens: 200 m individual medley

  • 2000, Athens: 400 m individual medley

  • 2002, Moscow: 400 m freestyle

  • 2002, Moscow: 200 m individual medley

  • 2002, Moscow: 400 m individual medley



European Champion, Long Course



  • 1999, Istanbul: 200 m individual medley

  • 1999, Istanbul: 400 m individual medley

  • 2000, Helsinki: 400 m freestyle

  • 2000, Helsinki: 200 m individual medley

  • 2000, Helsinki: 400 m individual medley

  • 2002, Berlin: 400 m freestyle

  • 2002, Berlin: 200 m individual medley

  • 2002, Berlin: 400 m individual medley

  • 2004, Madrid: 200 m individual medley

  • 2004, Madrid: 400 m individual medley



European Champion, Short Course



  • 1999, Lisbon: 400 m freestyle

  • 1999, Lisbon: 800 m freestyle

  • 1999, Lisbon: 200 m individual medley

  • 1999, Lisbon: 400 m individual medley

  • 2000, Valencia: 200 m individual medley

  • 2000, Valencia: 400 m individual medley

  • 2001, Antwerp: 200 m individual medley

  • 2002, Riesa: 200 m individual medley

  • 2002, Riesa: 400 m individual medley



Universiade Champion, Long Course



  • 2003, Daegu: 200 m freestyle

  • 2003, Daegu: 200 m butterfly

  • 2003, Daegu: 200 m individual medley

  • 2003, Daegu: 400 m individual medley

  • 2007, Bangkok: 400 m individual medley



International championships (50 m)

























































































































































Meet
400 free
800 free
200 fly
200 medley
400 medley
4×100 free
4×100 medley
EC 1997 23rd 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 2nd, silver medalist(s)
WC 1998 4th 2nd, silver medalist(s)
EC 1999 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st, gold medalist(s)
EC 2000 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st, gold medalist(s)
OG 2000 2nd, silver medalist(s) 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st, gold medalist(s)
WC 2001 1st, gold medalist(s) 2nd, silver medalist(s) 1st, gold medalist(s)
EC 2002 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st, gold medalist(s)
3rd, bronze medalist(s)
WC 2003 heats[a]
1st, gold medalist(s) 1st, gold medalist(s)
EC 2004 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st, gold medalist(s)
2nd, silver medalist(s)
OG 2004 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st, gold medalist(s) 10th
WC 2005
EC 2006 4th 9th 4th
WC 2007
EC 2008 8th 12th 5th


a Klochkova qualified from the heats, but scratched the semi finals


See also



  • World record progression 400 metres medley

  • List of multiple Olympic gold medalists

  • List of top Olympic gold medalists in swimming

  • List of individual gold medalists in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships (women)



References





External links


  • All her results






























Records
Preceded by
China Chen Yan

World Record Holder
Women's 400 Individual Medley

16 September 2000 – 1 April 2007
Succeeded by
United States Katie Hoff
Preceded by
China Dai Guohong

World Record Holder
Women's 400 Individual Medley (25 m)

20 January 2002 – 9 April 2008
Succeeded by
Zimbabwe Kirsty Coventry
Awards
Preceded by
Germany Hannah Stockbauer

Swimming World's World Swimmer of the Year
2004
Succeeded by
Australia Leisel Jones
Preceded by
Germany Hannah Stockbauer

Swimming World's European Swimmer of the Year
2004
Succeeded by
Poland Otylia Jędrzejczak

Summer Olympics
Preceded by
Denys Sylantyev

Flagbearer for  Ukraine
Beijing 2008
Succeeded by
Roman Gontiuk








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