Oksana Serikova
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 Ukraine |
| Born |
11 June 1985 Amvrosiivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
| Club | Donshvsm |
Oksana Serikova (also Oxana Serikova, Ukrainian: Оксана Серікова; born June 11, 1985 in Amvrosiivka, Donetsk) is a Ukrainian swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] She helped out her Ukrainian team to break a national record time of 4:05.56 in the women's medley relay at the 2006 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.[2] She is also an eighth-place finalist in the 50 m freestyle at the 2010 European Aquatics Championships in the same location as four years before.[3]
Serikova qualified for the women's 50 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 25.56 from the EDF Swimming Open in Paris, France.[4][5] She challenged seven other swimmers on the ninth heat, including five-time Olympian and two-time silver medalist Martina Moravcová of Slovakia. Serikova raced to sixth place by 0.06 of a second behind returning Olympian and Texas Longhorns swimmer Chang Hee-Jin of South Korea in 25.65 seconds. Serikova failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-second out of 92 swimmers in the preliminary heats.[6]
References
- ↑ "Oksana Serikova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ↑ "2006 LEN European Aquatics Championships (Budapest, Hungary) – Women's 4×100m Medley Relay Final" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- ↑ "European Long Course Championships: Yuliya Efimova Posts World Best, Hungary Gets Last Laughs in Front of Home Crowd". Swimming World Magazine. 15 August 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
- ↑ "2007 Open EDF Natation – Women's 50m Freestyle Final" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ↑ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 50m Freestyle" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 44. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ↑ "Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 9". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 5 December 2012.