Aleksandra Gerasimenya
Aleksandra Gerasimenya
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Personal information |
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Full name |
Aleksandra Gerasimenya |
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Nationality |
Belarus |
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Born |
(1985-12-31) 31 December 1985 Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union |
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Height |
1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) |
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Weight |
55 kg (121 lb) |
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Sport |
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Sport |
Swimming |
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Strokes |
Freestyle, Backstroke |
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Aleksandra Viktorovna Gerasimenya (Belarusian: Аляксандра Віктараўна Герасіменя, Russian: Александра Викторовна Герасиме́ня; born 31 December 1985 in Minsk) is a swimmer from Belarus.[1] She specialises in sprint freestyle and backstroke events.
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 2012 Summer Olympics, she won silver medals in the 50 and 100 meter freestyle events.
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