Saida Iskandarova
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 Uzbekistan |
| Born |
12 March 1980 Tashkent, Uzbek SSR |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle, backstroke |
Saida Iskandarova (Uzbek: Саида Искандарова; born March 12, 1980 in Tashkent) is a retired Uzbekistani swimmer who specialized in backstroke, but also competed in sprint freestyle.[1] She is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004), and currently, a head coach for the Uzbekistan National Swimming Team.[2][3]
In 1995 at the Ist Central Asian Games Saida Iskandarova showed the power of her athletic abilities, where she won 2 gold and 1 bronze medal.
In 1998, at the XIII Asian Games in Bangkok, won a silver medal.
Iskandarova made her official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She was the first uzbek girl, who participated in the Olympics, where she competed in the women's 50 m freestyle. Swimming in heat four, she picked up a sixth seed and fifty-fifth overall by 0.23 of a second behind Moldova's Maria Tregubova in 27.75.[4]
In 2002, at the championship of Asia and the Pacific (Hong Kong) she won 3 gold medals for 3 distances (50, 100, 200 m backstroke). In the same year she won the title of "Best Athlete of the Year" in Uzbekistan.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Iskandarova qualified for the 200 m backstroke by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:19.98 from the Belarus Open Championships in Minsk.[5] She participated in the first heat, against two other swimmers Gretchen Gotay of Puerto Rico, and Sherry Tsai of Hong Kong, who carried the nation's flag in the opening ceremony. She rounded out a small field of three to last place by a 6.24-second margin behind winner Tsai, outside her entry time of 2:26.17. Iskandarova failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-second overall in the preliminaries.[6][7]
References
- ↑ "Saida Iskandarova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ↑ "Саида Искандарова раскрыла секрет как доплыть до…олимпийских медалей" [Saida Iskandarova revealed the secret on how to swim for Olympic medals] (in Uzbek). 12 News Uzbekistan. 5 January 2005. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ↑ McLeod, Matt (15 October 2012). "Kuchkarova returns to Redlands Swim Team with company". Redlands Daily Facts. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 4" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 165. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
- ↑ "Women's 200m Backstroke Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ Thomas, Stephen (19 August 2004). "Women’s 200 Backstroke, Day 6 Prelims: Top Seeds Komarova and Nakamura Qualify Fastest". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 1 May 2013.