Erla Dögg Haraldsdóttir
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 Iceland |
| Born |
19 April 1988 Njarðvík, Iceland |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Stroke(s) | Breaststroke, medley |
| College team | Old Dominion Monarchs (USA) |
Erla Dögg Haraldsdóttir (born April 19, 1988) is an Icelandic swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke and individual medley events.[1] She is a 24-time Icelandic champion and holds 11 records in the same stroke.
Haraldsdottir qualified for two swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by clearing FINA B-standard entry times of 1:10.66 (100 m breaststroke) from the Mare Nostrum Arena International Meet in Canet-en-Roussillon, France, and 2:18.74 (200 m individual medley) from the Icelandic Championships in Reykjavik.[2][3] In the 100 m breaststroke, she challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, including three-time Olympian Smiljana Marinović of Croatia. She finished behind Brazil's Tatiane Sakemi in sixth place and fortieth overall by three hundredths of a second (0.03) in 1:11.78.[4] The following day, Haraldsdottir took the fourth spot in heat one of the 200 m individual medley in 2:20.53, less than two seconds behind three-time Olympian Sherry Tsai of Hong Kong. Haraldsdottir failed to qualify for the semifinals, as she placed thirty-fifth overall in the preliminary heats.[5]
Haraldsdottir is a member of the swimming team, along with her compatriot Árni Már Árnason, for the Old Dominion Monarchs, and a graduate of civil engineering at the Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.[6] Haraldsdottir also became the first female swimmer to represent her university at the 2011 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships, where she set her own personal record of 1:01.15 in the women's breaststroke.[7]
References
- ↑ "Erla Dögg Haraldsdóttir". Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ↑ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 100m Breaststroke" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 69. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ↑ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 200m Individual Medley" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 81. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ↑ "Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 3". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ↑ "Women's 200m Individual Medley Heat 1". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ↑ "Arni Arnason, Erla Haraldsdottir Named Co-Swimmers of the Week". Old Dominion Monarchs. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
- ↑ "Swimmer Erla Haraldsdottir to Compete at NCAA Championships". Old Dominion Monarchs. 2 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2013.