Inga Ihorivna Giller (; born 1991) is a retired Ukrainian synchronised swimmer.

Early life and education

Giller was born 23 September 1991, in

Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; ; ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin, and Stalino, is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Oblast, which is currently occupied by Russia as the capita ...

, Ukraine. She studied at the

Serhiy Bubka College of Olympic Reserve Serhiy Bubka College of Olympic Reserve (; ) is a sports college in Donetsk. Brief description The college was established on 18 August 1989 on the basis of the Donetsk Tekhnikum of Physical Culture. In 1995 the college was named after Ukrainian ...

Career

In 2006, Inga Giller won a bronze medal in free routine combination event at the 2006 European Junior Synchronized Swimming Championships, held in

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. The following year, she won a bronze medal in free combination routine event at the European Junior Championships. She also competed at the

2007 World Aquatics Championships The 2007 World Aquatics Championships, or the XII FINA World Championships, were held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 March to 1 April 2007. The competition took place at three locations in central Melbourne: the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic C ...

, though she did not medal. In 2008, Giller competed at the

2008 European Aquatics Championships The 2008 LEN European Aquatics Championships were held in Eindhoven, Netherlands, from 13–24 March 2008. They were the European championships for swimming (50 m), diving and synchronised swimming for 2008. Two new events were contested: ...

, held in

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, where she received a bronze medal in free routine combination event. The following year, she competed at the 2009 European Junior Synchronised Swimming Championships, held in

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, where she received two silver medals: one in the team routine and one in the free routine combination. She also competed at the

2009 World Aquatics Championships The 2009 World Aquatics Championships () or the XIII FINA World Championships were held in Rome, Italy from 18 July to 2 August 2009. This was the second time the championships were held in the city after being previously hosted in 1994 World Aq ...

; though she didn't medal, she earned her personal best scores for her appearances at the World Aquatics Championships, earning a 92.5000 in the women's team technical, 92.6670 in the women's team free, and 94.3340 in the women's team free combination. Giller competed at the

2010 European Aquatics Championships The 2010 European Aquatics Championships were held from 4–15 August 2010 in Budapest and Balatonfüred, Hungary. It was the fourth time that the city of Budapest hosted this event after 1926, 1958 and 2006. Events in swimming, diving, synch ...

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, where she won bronze medals in team combination routine and team routine events. She also competed at the

2011 World Aquatics Championships The 14th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships () were held on 16–31 July 2011 in Shanghai, Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming ...

without earning any medals.

Personal life

Giller lives in

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and has worked as a boxing coach since 2020. She also makes the fitness articles in popular fitness web-site BetterMe.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Giller, Inga 1991 births Living people Ukrainian synchronized swimmers Synchronized swimmers from Donetsk 21st-century Ukrainian sportswomen European Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming Synchronized swimmers at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships Synchronized swimmers at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships Synchronized swimmers at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships