Yana Oleksandrivna Klochkova is a Ukrainian competitive swimmer, born August 7, 1982, in Simferopol, Crimea, and one of Ukraine's most decorated Olympic athletes, with five Olympic medals, four of them gold. She won the 200 meter and 400 meter individual medley at both the 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens Olympics, and won a silver medal in the 800 meter freestyle at Sydney 2000. She held the world record in the women's 400 meter individual medley from 2000 to 2007, was named World Female Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World magazine in 2004, and received the Hero of Ukraine designation from President Leonid Kuchma the same year. She retired from competitive swimming in 2009 at age 26 and went on to work in sports administration and civic engagement in Ukraine.
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Career HighlightWon five Olympic medals, four of them gold 1 Classification
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Did Yana Klochkova win world titles as well as Olympic gold medals?
She won four world titles in 2001 and 2003 and then repeated as Olympic medley champion in Athens.
Yes. Olympedia says that in 2001 and 2003 she added three world titles in medley events and one in the 400 meter freestyle. At the Athens Games she retained both her medley titles, becoming the first repeat winner in both events.
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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.
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born 7 August 1982
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August 7, 1982
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is a Ukrainian swimmer
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has won five Olympic medals in her career, with four of them being gold
Introduction
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.
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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.
Competed In: 2004 Summer Olympics, Lead or career section
Her gold medals came in the 200 meter individual medley and the 400 meter individual medley at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics; her silver medal came in the 800 meter freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Competed In: 2000 Summer Olympics, Lead or career section
Her gold medals came in the 200 meter individual medley and the 400 meter individual medley at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics; her silver medal came in the 800 meter freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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