Arina Openysheva

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Arina Openysheva
Arina Openysheva in November 2016
Personal information
Full nameArina Openysheva
National team Russia
Born (1999-03-24) 24 March 1999 (age 25)
Zelenogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, Medley
College teamUniversity of Louisville
CoachVladimir Avdeev
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Russia
World Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Windsor 4x200 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2018 Glasgow 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2018 Glasgow 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Glasgow 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei
4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2017 Taipei
4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Taipei 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Taipei 200 m freestyle
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku 400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku 4×100 m mixed medley
Silver medal – second place 2015 Baku 100 m freestyle
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore 4×100 m mixed medley
Silver medal – second place 2015 Singapore 200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2015 Singapore 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Singapore 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Singapore 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Singapore 4×100 m mixed freestyle
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Dordrecht 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2014 Dordrecht 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2014 Dordrecht 400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2014 Dordrecht 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2014 Dordrecht 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2014 Dordrecht 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2014 Dordrecht 4×100 m mixed freestyle
European Youth Olympic Festival
Gold medal – first place 2013 Utrecht 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Utrecht 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Utrecht 400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Utrecht 800 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Utrecht 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Utrecht 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2013 Utrecht 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Utrecht 4×100 m mixed medley

Arina Pavlovna Openysheva (Russian: Арина Павловна Опёнышева; born 24 March 1999) is a Russian competitive swimmer. She won eight medals at the 2015 European Games. Seven medals were gold (200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley, 4 × 100 m mixed freestyle, 4 × 100 m mixed medley) making her the most decorated athlete of the Games.

Career

In 2013, Openysheva competed at the 2013 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival taking 8 gold medals overall in (100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m, 4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley, 4 × 100 m mixed freestyle and 4 × 100 m mixed medley).

In 2014, at the 2014 European Junior Championships, Openysheva won 8 gold medals in (100 m, 200 m, 400 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley, 4 × 100 m mixed freestyle and 4 × 100 m mixed medley).[1] That same year, she competed in seniors at the 2014 European Championships and at the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Doha, Qatar.

In June 2015, 16-year-old Openysheva competed at the inaugural 2015 European Games in Baku, she won seven gold medals including in 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle,[2] and helping the Russian Team win gold in 4 × 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m mixed medley, 4 × 100 m mixed freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle and in 4 × 100 m medley (together with Mariia Kameneva, Maria Astashkina, Polina Egorova broke a new junior world record touching in at 4:03.22).[3] She won silver in 100 m freestyle behind Dutch Marrit Steenbergen. Openysheva was the most decorated athlete at the entire 2015 European Games.

In 2–9 August, Openysheva competed in seniors at the

Veronika Popova
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In 25–30 August, Openysheva then competed at the 2015 World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore, she won gold in 4 × 100 m mixed medley (with Anton Chupkov, Irina Pridhoko and Daniil Pakhomov) were Russia threw in a new Junior World record touching in at 3:45.85, she won silver medals in 4 × 100 m freestyle and 200 m freestyle, bronze medals in 100 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m mixed freestyle and 4 × 200 m freestyle.

References

  1. ^ "Big Day for Arina Openysheva at Euro Juniors". swimmingworldmagazine.
  2. ^ "Russian Federation's Arina Openysheva eyes further success in Baku". sportsmole.
  3. ^ "The Russian relay team of Mariia Kameneva, Maria Astashkina, Polina Egorova, and Arina Openysheva combined to win the event and break the Jr World Record with their time of 4:03.22". swimswam.

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