Oksana Serikova
Personal information
Full nameOksana Serikova
National team Ukraine
Born (1985-06-11) 11 June 1985
Amvrosiivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubDonshvsm

Oksana Serikova (also Oxana Serikova, Ukrainian: Оксана Серікова; born June 11, 1985) 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 as a lone swimmer for Ukraine in 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] Serikova scorched her way to sixth place and thirty-second overall in heat nine of the evening prelims with a time of 25.65, failing to advance further to the semifinals.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Oksana Serikova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "2006 LEN European Aquatics Championships (Budapest, Hungary) – Women's 4×100m Medley Relay Final" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "European Long Course Championships: Yuliya Efimova Posts World Best, Hungary Gets Last Laughs in Front of Home Crowd". Swimming World Magazine. 15 August 2010. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "2007 Open EDF Natation – Women's 50m Freestyle Final" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 50m Freestyle" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 44. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 9". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.


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