Nina Zhivanevskaya

Nina Zhivanevskaya
Personal information
Full name	Nina Aleksandrovna Zhivanevskaya
Nationality	Russia (pre-1999) ; Spain (1999-)
Born	24 June 1977 (age 47); Kuybyshev, USSR
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	123 lb (56 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke
Club	C.N. Sabadell (2000) ; C. Valenciano N. (2008)
Medal record
Women's swimming
Olympic Games
Representing the Unified Team
Representing Spain
World Championships (LC)
Representing Russia
Representing Spain
European Championships (LC)
Representing Russia
Representing Spain
European Championships (SC)
Representing Russia
Representing Spain
Mediterranean Games

Nina Aleksandrovna Zhivanevskaya (Russian: Нина Александровна Живаневская, born 24 June 1977) is a 5-time Olympic backstroke swimmer from Russia, who has swum for Spain since 1999, following her marriage to a Spaniard (and moving to Spain).

She swam at the 1992 Olympics for the Unified Team, Russia at the 1996 Olympics, and Spain at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics.^[1] At the 1992 Games, she won a bronze medal in the 4×100 m medley relay, and was the youngest member of the Unified Team swimming squad (18 men and 11 women), with 15 years and 35 days.

She won the bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke a year later at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.^[2]

Zhivanevskaya took part in the 2008 Olympic Games, reaching the semi-finals in the 100 m backstroke. After this event, she announced she was retiring from the sport so that she could concentrate on her family.^[3]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nina Zhivanevskaya". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Full name: Nina Alexandrovna Zhivanevskaya Ilichiova
^ "ESPN Sydney Swimming". Retrieved 1 January 2019.
^ "Aschwin Wildeboer se clasifica para la final de los 100 metros espalda" [Aschwin Wildeboer qualified for the 100 meter backstroke final] (in Spanish). RTVE. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2019.