Lára Hrund Bjargardóttir
Personal information | |
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Full name | Lára Hrund Bjargardóttir |
National team | Iceland |
Born | Reykjavík, Iceland | 15 July 1981
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle, medley |
Club | Sundfélagið Húnar |
College team | University of California, Irvine (U.S.) |
Lára Hrund Bjargardóttir (born 15 July 1981) is an Icelandic former
individual medley events.[1] She is a multiple-time Big West Conference honoree, four-time Icelandic record holder, and a member of the swimming team for the UC Irvine Anteaters at the University of California, Irvine.[2][3]
Bjargardottir made her first Icelandic team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. There, she failed to advance into the semifinals in any of her individual events, finishing twenty-seventh in the 200 m freestyle (2:05.22), and thirty-sixth in the 100 m freestyle (58.44).[4][5]
At the
Park Na-Ri of South Korea with a time of 2:22.00. Bjargardottir failed to qualify for the semifinals, as she placed twenty-seventh overall for the second time in the preliminaries.[8][9]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lára Hrund Bjargardóttir". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ "Bjargardottir leading UCI swim team". Daily Pilot. 20 December 2002. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- Swimming World Magazine. 23 January 2003. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 283. Archived from the original(PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 174. Archived from the original(PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ "2003 FINA World Championships (Barcelona, Spain) – Women's 200m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the originalon 16 June 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.