Yelena Yuryevna Dendeberova (, born 4 May 1969) is a former medley

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from the

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, who won the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley at the

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. She also competed in the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

, for the Unified Team. She currently works as a coach at the “Ekran” Specialized Children’s and Youth Sports School (SChOR) in

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. Her

s are world, European, and Russian champions and record holders. Among them are Miron Lifintsev and Egor Kornev, and others.

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1969 births Living people Olympic swimmers for the Soviet Union Olympic swimmers for the Unified Team Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Place of birth missing (living people) Soviet female freestyle swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming Soviet female medley swimmers {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub