Aleksandra Gerasimenya
Kazan 2015
Aleksandra Gerasimenya|
Gerasimenya with bronze medal won at the 4X50 mixed medley relay, 2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships, Netanya |
| 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 2011 World Aquatics Championships, she won the gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle, tied with Jeanette Ottesen of Denmark in a time of 53.45.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she won silver medals in the 50 and 100-meter freestyle events behind Ranomi Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands.
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