Iryna Maystruk

Iryna Maystruk
Personal information
Nationality  Ukraine
Born 23 October 1987
Kirovohrad, Ukrainian SSR
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
Club Ukraïna Dnipropetrovsk

Iryna Maystruk (Ukrainian: Ірина Майструк; born October 23, 1987 in Kirovohrad) is a retired Ukrainian swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] Maystruk qualified for the women's 200 m breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by eclipsing a FINA B-cut of 2:32.85 from the European Junior Championships in Lisbon, Portugal.[2] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including top medal favorite Anne Poleska of Germany. She raced to sixth place by nearly 11 seconds behind winner Poleska in 2:37.42. Maystruk failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed twenty-ninth overall in the preliminaries.[3][4]

References

  1. "Iryna Maystruk". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  2. "Swimming – Women's 200m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  3. "Women's 200m Breaststroke Heat 3". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. Thomas, Stephen (18 August 2004). "Women’s 200 Breaststroke Day 5 Prelims: Leisel Jones Leads the Way Again in 2:26.02". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 1 April 2013.