Veronika Andrusenko

Veronika Andreyevna Andrusenko (née Popova) (Russian: Вероника Андреевна Андрусенко (Попова); born 20 January 1991) is a Russian competitive swimmer.[1]

Veronika Andrusenko
Personal information
Full nameVeronika Andreyevna Andrusenko
National team Russia
Born (1991-01-20) 20 January 1991
Volgograd, Russian SFSR, USSR
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubFSO Rossiya

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the national team in the Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, finishing in 10th place in the heats, failing to reach the final. She also took part in the 100 m freestyle (finishing in 17th), the 200 m freestyle (finishing in 6th place), 4 x 200 m freestyle (finishing in 15th) and the 4 x 100 m medley relay (finishing in 4th).[2]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she competed in the same events, finishing in 19th in the 100 m freestyle, 9th in the 200 m freestyle, 10th in the 4 x 100 m freestyle, 7th in the 4 x 200 m freestyle and 6th in the 4 x 100 m medley relay.[2]

In 2019 she was member[3] of the 2019 International Swimming League representing Team Iron.

She is married to Vyacheslav Andrusenko who is also a swimmer for Russia.[2]

References

  1. Veronika Popova at the official site of the Olympic Games 2012
  2. "Veronika Popova Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. "Team Iron Unveils Official Roster". SwimSwam. 2019-06-18. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
Records
Preceded by
Tomaso D'Orsogna, Travis Mahoney, Cate Campbell, Bronte Campbell
Mixed 4 × 50 metres freestyle relay world record-holder
14 December 2013 – 6 December 2014
With: Sergey Fesikov, Vladimir Morozov, Rozaliya Nasretdinova
Succeeded by
Josh Schneider, Matt Grevers, Madison Kennedy, Abbey Weitzeil
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