Aliaksandra Herasimenia

Aliaksandra Herasimenia (Belarusian: Аляксандра Віктараўна Герасіменя; Łacinka: Aliaksandra Viktaraŭna Hierasimienia; born 31 December 1985) is a Belarusian former swimmer.[1] She is 2 times olympic runner-up (2012 London), in the 50-meter freestyle and 100-meter freestyle, olympic bronze medalist (2016 Rio de Janeiro) in the 50-meter freestyle, world Champion (2011 Shanghai) in the 100-meter freestyle, world champion (25m pool) (2012 Istanbul) in the 50-meter freestyle, european champion (2010 Budapest) in the 50-meter backstroke and 3 times in a row universiade Champion (2009 Belgrade, 2011 Shenzhen and 2013 Kazan) in the 50-meter freestyle.

Aliaksandra Herasimenia
Herasimenia with bronze medal won at the 4×50 mixed medley relay, 2015 European Short Course Championships, Netanya
Personal information
Full nameAliaksandra Herasimenia
Nationality Belarus
Born (1985-12-31) 31 December 1985
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR,
Soviet Union
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, Backstroke

Career
Kazan 2015

Despite a two-year ban for a positive test for norandrosterone in 2003,[2] Gerasimenya returned to win gold medals at both the European and World Championships.

At the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, she won the gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle, tied with Jeanette Ottesen of Denmark in a time of 53.45.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she won silver medals in the 50 and 100-meter freestyle events behind Ranomi Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands.

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See also

References
  1. "Aliaksandra Herasimenia". FINA. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  2. "Gerasimenya's Ban Reduced to Two Years". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 2012-02-17.


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