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Irina Ufimtseva
Irina Ufimtseva (russian: Ирина Уфимцева; born 6 January 1985) is a former Olympics freestyle swimming, freestyle swimmer from Russia. She swam for Russia at the Russia at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 Olympics where she was part of Russia's tenth place women's 4×200 m freestyle relay. Individually she finished in 17th place in the 400 m and 800 m freestyle. She had her best results in the 400 m and 800 m freestyle in the 25 m pool: a silver medal at the 2002 World Championships and three medals at European championships in 2000-2001. i-swimmer.ru References 1985 births Living people Russian female freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Russia Sportspeople from Novosibirsk Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freestyle Swimming
Freestyle is a category of Swimming (sport), swimming competition, defined by the rules of the International Swimming Federation (FINA), in which competitors are subject to a few limited restrictions on their swimming stroke. Freestyle races are the most common of all swimming competitions, with distances beginning with 50 meters (50 yards) and reaching 1500 meters (1650 yards), also known as the mile. The term 'freestyle stroke' is sometimes used as a synonym for 'front crawl', as front crawl is the fastest surface swimming stroke. It is now the most common stroke used in freestyle competitions. The first Olympics held open water swimming events, but after a few Olympics, closed water swimming was introduced. The front crawl or freestyle was the first event that was introduced. Technique Freestyle swimming implies the use of legs and arms for competitive swimming, except in the case of the Individual Medley, individual medley or Medley relay (athletics), medley relay events ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
