Anastasia Fesikova
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Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weight | 70 kg (154 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Penza school of Olympic reserve | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Natalia Kozlova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Anastasia Valeryevna Fesikova (Russian: Анастасия Валерьевна Фесикова; born 8 May 1990), née Anastasia Zuyeva, is a Russian swimmer who holds the Russian national records for the 50, 100 and 200 metres backstroke events. She swam for Russia at the 2008 Olympics,[2] the 2012 Olympics and the 2016 Olympics. At the 2012 Olympic Games, she won a silver medal in the 200 m backstroke.
Career
International Swimming League
In spring 2020, Fesikova signed to the Toronto Titans, the first Canadian based professional swim team, in their inaugural season.[citation needed]
World Championships
At the
European Championships
Zueva made her debut in the national team of Russia at the 2006 European Championships in Mallorca, Spain. At the 2008 European Championships in Eindhoven, she won gold in 50 m and 100 m backstroke, silver in the 200m backstroke, and silver in the 4 x 100 meters medley relay. Zueva aggravated an old back injury and she was forced to miss the beginning of the 2009 season.[citation needed]
Other
On 28 April 2009 at the 2009 Russian Championships, Zueva twice swam under the existing
Zueva's time from Monaco now becomes the next candidate for the world record, but reports indicate that this time will also not be approved as the world record as Zueva was not drug tested at the time of the swim because she did not break what was thought to be the world record (and all world record applications must have a cleared drug-test for approval). Zueva also lost-out on a world record prize money bonus from the meet organizers.[7]
Achievements
In March 2008, she set the European records in winning the 50 m and 100 m backstrokes (28.05 and 59.41) at the 2008 European Championships.[8]
At the 2008 Olympics, she set and held the Olympic record in the women's 100 m backstroke (59.61) for a heat during the preliminary rounds of the event.[9] At the 2012 Olympics, she won her first medal, a silver in the 200 m backstroke.[citation needed]
Personal life
At age 5, Zueva was brought by her mother, Valentina Ivanovna, to the pool. She and her family later moved from Moscow to Penza. She trained in Penza school of Olympic reserve. Her hobbies include hiking and sailing. In August 2013, Zueva married fellow Russian swimmer Sergey Fesikov and gave birth to her first child in 2014.[10] Zueva (now Fesikova) returned to international competition in 2015 for the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, Russia.
Olympic results
See also
References
- ^ a b Anastsia Zueva's profile at the Olympic Games 2012 official site Archived 5 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the originalon 8 September 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
- ^ Russians take world records from Australians, The Sydney Morning Herald; published 2009-04-29, retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ^ Records fall at Russian meet, ESPN online; published 2009-04-28, retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ^ PR 49 - FINA approval of World Records (the 49th press release of 2009 made by FINA); published 2009-06-29, retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ^ Women's 50 back results Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine from the 2009 Monte Carlo International; published 2009-06-14, retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ^ Swimming World Magazineonline; published 2009-06-24, retrieved 13 July 2009.
- LEN. Retrieved 31 March 2008. [dead link]
- ^ Anastasia Zueva of Russia set a new record at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and was qualified for the final event[permanent dead link], visualIran.com; published 2008-08-11, retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ^ Commings, Jeff (10 April 2015). "Russian Swimming Nationals Preview Or: How Will Elite Athletes Deal With Troubles In Sport?". Swimming World. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
External links
- Anastasiia Fesikova at World Aquatics
- Anastasia Zueva at russwimming.ru at the Wayback Machine (archived 18 July 2013) (in Russian)
- Anastasia Zuyeva at The-Sports.org
- Anastasiya Zuyeva-Fesikova at Olympedia
- Anastasiia Fesikova at Olympics.com