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| Nationality | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 May 1990 Voskresensk, Russia |
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| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kilograms (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stroke(s) | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Armi Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anastasia Zuyeva, more commonly spelled "Zueva", (Russian: Анастасия Зуева) (born 8 May 1990) is an Olympic and national record holding swimmer from Russia. She swam for Russia at the 2008 Olympics.[1]
In 2009, she swam under the existing world record in the women's long-course 50 m backstroke 3 times; however, two of these 3 times have not been approved as the world record, and the third, as of July 2009, is a likely candidate to not be approved as well.[2]
On 28 April 2009 at the 2009 Russian Championships, Zueva twice swam under the existing world record in the women's long-course 50 m backstroke of 27.67 by Australia's Sophie Edington. In prelims of the meet, Zueva clocked a 27.48 to lead qualifying for the final, where she won the event in 27.47.[3][4] However, on 29 June 2009, FINA announced they were not recognizing either of these two swims by Zueva as the world record.[5] This subsequently became problematic, as Zueva swam a 27.56 at the Monte Carlo meet of the 2009 Mare Nostrum series on 14 June 2009.[6] This time by Zueva was not viewed as a world record at the time of the meet, as it is slower than either time she swam in April at the Russian Championships; however, the time is still faster than Edington's world record time. Zueva's time from Monaco now becomes the next candidate for the world record, but reports indicate that this time will also not be approved as the world record as Zueva was not drug tested at the time of the swim because she did not break what was thought to be the world record (and all world record applications must have a cleared drug-test for approval). Zueva also lost-out on a world record prize money bonus from the meet organizers.[2]
In March 2008, she set the European records in winning the 50 m and 100 m backstrokes (28.05 and 59.41) at the 2008 European Championships.[7]
At the 2008 Olympics, she set and held the Olympic record in the women's 100 m backstroke (59.61) for a heat during the preliminary rounds of the event.[8]
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| Preceded by Kirsty Coventry |
Women's 100 metre backstroke world record holder (long course) 27 July 2009 – 28 July 2009 |
Succeeded by Gemma Spofforth |
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| Preceded by Sophie Edington |
Mare Nostrum Tour Overall Winner 2009 |
Succeeded by Rebecca Soni |
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