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Yekaterina Rudenko
Personal information
Full nameYekaterina Olegovna Rudenko
Nationality Kazakhstan
Born (1994-10-16) 16 October 1994 (age 30)
Astana, Kazakhstan
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
College teamDrury Panthers (USA)[1]
CoachNatalia Dolgikh
Natalia Shpileva[1]
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Kazakhstan
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon 50 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon 100 m backstroke

Yekaterina Olegovna Rudenko (Template:Lang-kk; born October 16, 1994 in Astana) is a Kazakhstani swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.[1][2] She represented her nation Kazakhstan in two editions of the Olympic Games (2008 and 2012), finished fifth in the girls' 50 m backstroke at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, and later captured two silver medals in the 50 and 100 m backstroke at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon.[3]

Rudenko made her official debut, as Kazakhstan's youngest swimmer (aged 13) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed in the women's 100 m backstroke by eclipsing an Olympic B-cut of 1:03.84 from the Kazakhstan Open Championships in Almaty.[4] Rudenko rounded out the field to last place and forty-fifth overall in heat 2 by 0.23 of a second behind South Korea's Kim Yu-yeon in 1:04.85.[5]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Rudenko qualified again for the women's 100 m backstroke, by lowering her FINA B-standard entry time to 1:02.60 from the same tournament.[6] She challenged seven other swimmers on the same heat as Beijing, including three-time Olympians Anja Čarman of Slovenia and Sanja Jovanović of Croatia. She faded to seventh place by 0.09 of a second behind Hungary's Eszter Povázsay in 1:03.64. Rudenko failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-eighth overall in the preliminaries.[7]

Two years later, at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Rudenko improved her standards with a striking silver medal double in the women's 50 and 100 m backstroke, blistering her respective personal bests of 28.04 (50 m backstroke) and 1:00.61 (100 m backstroke).[8][9][10]

Rudenko is currently training for the Drury Panthers women's swimming and diving team under head coach Brian Reynolds, while taking up undergraduate studies at Drury University in Springfield, Missouri.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Yekaterina Rudenko". London 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yekaterina Rudenko". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Youth Olympic Games: Andrii Govorov Posts Another Quick Time". Swimming World Magazine. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 100m Backstroke" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 64. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Women's 100m Backstroke Heat 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  6. ^ "Qualifying Athletes – Women's 100 m backstroke" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Women's 100m Backstroke Heat 2". London 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  8. ^ "China Dominates Third Night of Swimming at Asian Games". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  9. ^ "China Sets Asian Record in 400 Free Relay to Close Night". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  10. ^ "Boring blown out of the water by Kazakhstan's speedy pair". Hong Kong Standard. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
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