Irina Anatolyevna Aksyonova (also Aksenova, ; born 24 September 1962) is a Russian retired swimmer. She won bronze medals in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the

1978 World Aquatics Championships The 1978 World Aquatics Championships took place in the City-state, free city of West Berlin between August 20 and August 28, 1978. Women's Water Polo competed as an exhibition sport. Medal table *Record(*) Results Diving ;Men ;Women S ...

and

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

, where she swam for the Soviet Union team in the preliminaries. At the 1980 Olympics she also finished fourth in the 800 m, fifth in the 400 m and eighth in the 200 m freestyle events. Between 1977 and 1980 she won seven national titles and set five national records in 200–800 m freestyle events. However, when her medley relay team finished third at the 1978 World Championships, she was swimming the 100 m butterfly leg.Аксенова Ирина
ussr-swimming.ru Currently she lives in

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* 1962 births Living people Russian female freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Soviet female freestyle swimmers 20th-century Russian sportswomen {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub