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Yana Oleksandrivna Klochkova (Ukrainian: Яна Олександрівна Клочкова; born 7 August 1982) is a Ukrainian swimmer, who has won five Olympic medals in her career, with four of them being gold. She is Merited Master of Sports (1998),[1] Hero of Ukraine (2004)[1] and the most awarded Olympian from Ukraine.[2]

Yana Klochkova

Personal information
Full name	Yana Oleksandrivna Klochkova
Nickname(s)	"Gold fish"
Nationality	Ukraine
Born	(1982-08-07) 7 August 1982 (age 40) Simferopol, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, Individual medley
Club	Dynamo (Ukraine)
Coach	Nina Kozhukh Oleksandr Kozhukh
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  Ukraine Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 200 m medley 2000 Sydney 400 m medley 2004 Athens 200 m medley 2004 Athens 400 m medley 2000 Sydney 800 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 2001 Fukuoka 400 m medley 2001 Fukuoka 400 m freestyle 2003 Barcelona 200 m medley 2003 Barcelona 400 m medley 1998 Perth 400 m medley 2001 Fukuoka 200 m medley World Championships (SC) 1999 Hong Kong 400 m medley 2000 Athens 200 m medley 2000 Athens 400 m medley 2002 Moscow 400 m freestyle 2002 Moscow 200 m medley 2002 Moscow 400 m medley 1999 Hong Kong 200 m medley 2000 Athens 400 m freestyle European Championships (LC) 1999 Istanbul 200 m medley 1999 Istanbul 400 m medley 2000 Helsinki 400 m freestyle 2000 Helsinki 200 m medley 2000 Helsinki 400 m medley 2002 Berlin 400 m freestyle 2002 Berlin 200 m medley 2002 Berlin 400 m medley 2004 Madrid 200 m medley 2004 Madrid 400 m medley 1997 Sevilla 400 m medley 2004 Madrid 4×100 m medley 1997 Sevilla 200 m medley 1999 Istanbul 400 m freestyle 2002 Berlin 4×100 m medley 2004 Madrid 400 m freestyle European Championships (SC) 1999 Lisbon 400 m freestyle 1999 Lisbon 800 m freestyle 1999 Lisbon 200 m medley 1999 Lisbon 400 m medley 2000 Valencia 200 m medley 2000 Valencia 400 m medley 2001 Antwerp 200 m medley 2002 Riesa 200 m medley 2002 Riesa 400 m medley 2001 Antwerp 400 m freestyle 2001 Antwerp 400 m medley 2002 Riesa 400 m freestyle Summer Universiade 2001 Beijing 800 m freestyle 2001 Beijing 200 m medley 2003 Daegu 200 m freestyle 2003 Daegu 200 m butterfly 2003 Daegu 200 m medley 2003 Daegu 400 m medley 2007 Bangkok 400 m medley 2007 Bangkok 200 m medley

Yana Klochkova set 50 Ukrainian records in 25- and 50-meter swimming pools at distances of 100, 200, 400 meters with integrated swimming; 200, 400 and 800 meters freestyle; 100 and 200 meters on the back; 200 meters butterfly and relay swimming. At the Olympic Games in Sydney, she set a world record in a 400-meter medley swimming and a European record in a 200-meter medley swimming.

Biography

She was born on 7 August 1982 in the city of Simferopol. She moved from there to Kharkiv, then to Kyiv.

Sports Society - "Dynamo", Major of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

Coaches - Honored Trainer of Ukraine, Honored Worker of Physical Culture of Ukraine Nina Kozhukh and Honored Trainer of the USSR, Honored Worker of Physical Culture of Ukraine Alexander Kozhukh.

She retired in 2009 at the age of 26.[3]

As of 2018, Yana has an 8-year-old son named Alex.[4]

Farewell to the track

In January 2008, Klochkova announced her retirement from sports.

On 24 March 2009 in the Olympic swimming pool "Aquarena" in Kharkov on Klochkovskaya street, during the first stage of the Ukrainian Swimming Cup, with completely filled stands, Yana Klochkova's official "parting with water" took place. Officials (Mayor Mikhail Dobkin, Vice Governor Sergei Storozhenko, Head of the Ukrainian Swimming Federation Oleg Dyomin, two-time Olympic champion volleyball player Yuriy Poyarkov and many others) spoke about the swimmers, followed by the presentation of flowers and gifts from everyone. Klochkova, nicknamed "the goldfish" in Ukraine, was symbolically presented with an aquarium with a live goldfish.

In 2011, Yana Klochkova headed the Kyiv branch of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine, but in 2012, without waiting for support for her initiatives from the executive committee of the Olympic Committee, she left this post.

Awards

Her gold medals came in the 200 meter individual medley and the 400 meter individual medley at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics;[5] her silver medal came in the 800 meter freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She has also won ten titles at swimming's world championships, nineteen European championship titles. She currently holds the short-course world record in the 400 meter individual medley.[6] Her 400 m individual medley world record was broken by American Katie Hoff at the 2007 World Championships in Melbourne.[7]

On 28 July 2001, she won a silver medal by defeating Qi Hui of China in the women's 200-meter individual medley at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. The same year, she won gold medal for 400-meter individual medley at the same event and on two days later won another gold in the 400-meter freestyle.[8] In 2003, she won four golds at the Summer Universiade in South Korea.[9] In 2004, she was named by Swimming World magazine as the World Female Swimmer of the Year[10] and the same year was awarded Hero of Ukraine medal by President Viktor Yanukovich.[11]

Titles

Yana Klochkova's titles include:

Olympic Champion

• 2000, Sydney: 200 m individual medley
• 2000, Sydney: 400 m individual medley
• 2004, Athens: 200 m individual medley
• 2004, Athens: 400 m individual medley

World Champion, Long Course

• 2001, Fukuoka: 400 m freestyle
• 2001, Fukuoka: 400 m individual medley
• 2003, Barcelona: 200 m individual medley
• 2003, Barcelona: 400 m individual medley

World Champion, Short Course

• 1999, Hong Kong: 400 m individual medley
• 2000, Athens: 200 m individual medley
• 2000, Athens: 400 m individual medley
• 2002, Moscow: 400 m freestyle
• 2002, Moscow: 200 m individual medley
• 2002, Moscow: 400 m individual medley

European Champion, Long Course

• 1999, Istanbul: 200 m individual medley
• 1999, Istanbul: 400 m individual medley
• 2000, Helsinki: 400 m freestyle
• 2000, Helsinki: 200 m individual medley
• 2000, Helsinki: 400 m individual medley
• 2002, Berlin: 400 m freestyle
• 2002, Berlin: 200 m individual medley
• 2002, Berlin: 400 m individual medley
• 2004, Madrid: 200 m individual medley
• 2004, Madrid: 400 m individual medley

European Champion, Short Course

• 1999, Lisbon: 400 m freestyle
• 1999, Lisbon: 800 m freestyle
• 1999, Lisbon: 200 m individual medley
• 1999, Lisbon: 400 m individual medley
• 2000, Valencia: 200 m individual medley
• 2000, Valencia: 400 m individual medley
• 2001, Antwerp: 200 m individual medley
• 2002, Riesa: 200 m individual medley
• 2002, Riesa: 400 m individual medley

Universiade Champion, Long Course

• 2003, Daegu: 200 m freestyle
• 2003, Daegu: 200 m butterfly
• 2003, Daegu: 200 m individual medley
• 2003, Daegu: 400 m individual medley
• 2007, Bangkok: 400 m individual medley

Honorary titles

"Person of the Year 2000" in the nomination "Sportsman of the Year".

"Person of the Year 2003" in the nomination "Sportsman of the Year".

Honorary Citizen of Kharkiv and Donetsk.

International championships (50 m)

Meet	400 free	800 free	200 fly	200 medley	400 medley	4×100 free	4×100 medley
EC 1997			23rd
WC 1998				4th
EC 1999
EC 2000
OG 2000
WC 2001
EC 2002
WC 2003			heats[a]
EC 2004
OG 2004							10th
WC 2005
EC 2006				4th		9th	4th
WC 2007
EC 2008				8th	12th	5th

^a Klochkova qualified from the heats, but scratched the semi finals

See also

• World record progression 400 metres medley
• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
• List of top Olympic gold medalists in swimming
• List of individual gold medalists in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships (women)

References

External links

• All her results

Records
Preceded by Chen Yan	World Record Holder Women's 400 Individual Medley 16 September 2000 – 1 April 2007	Succeeded by Katie Hoff
Preceded by Dai Guohong	World Record Holder Women's 400 Individual Medley (25 m) 20 January 2002 – 9 April 2008	Succeeded by Kirsty Coventry
Awards
Preceded by Hannah Stockbauer	Swimming World's World Swimmer of the Year 2004	Succeeded by Leisel Jones
Preceded by Hannah Stockbauer	Swimming World's European Swimmer of the Year 2004	Succeeded by Otylia Jędrzejczak
Summer Olympics
Preceded by Denys Sylantyev	Flagbearer for  Ukraine Beijing 2008	Succeeded by Roman Gontiuk

На других языках

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[de] Jana Klotschkowa

Jana Olexandriwna Klotschkowa (ukrainisch Яна Олександрівна Клочкова, wiss. Transliteration Jana Oleksandrivna Kločkova; englisch: Yana Klochkova; * 7. August 1982 in Simferopol, Ukrainische SSR) ist eine ehemalige ukrainische Schwimmerin.

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- [en] Yana Klochkova

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[es] Yana Klochkova

Yana Oleksandrivna Klochkova (ucraniano Яна Олександрівна Клочкова) nació el 7 de agosto de 1982 en Simferópol. Es una nadadora ucraniana, que ha conseguido cinco medallas Olímpicas en su carrera, siendo cuatro de ellas de oro.[1][2]

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[it] Jana Kločkova

Jana Oleksandrivna Kločkova (in ucraino: Яна Олександрівна Клочкова?; Sinferopoli, 7 agosto 1982) è un'ex nuotatrice ucraina.

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[ru] Клочкова, Яна Александровна

Я́на Алекса́ндровна Клочко́ва (укр. Яна Олександрівна Клочкова; род. 7 августа 1982 года, Симферополь, УССР, СССР) — украинская пловчиха, четырёхкратная олимпийская чемпионка, самая титулованная спортсменка Украины в истории Олимпийских игр. Участница трёх летних Олимпиад: 2000, 2004, 2008 (на последней в заплывах не участвовала).

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