Alexandra Zertsalova Explained
Alexandra Zertsalova (Russian: Александра Зерцалова; born January 18, 1982) is a Kyrgyz former swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events.[1] Zertsalova competed in a medley double at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She achieved FINA B-standards of 2:23.30 (200 m individual medley) and 4:59.24 (400 m individual medley) from the Russian Open Championships in Saint Petersburg.[2] [3] On the first day of the Games, Zertsalova placed twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley. Swimming in heat one, she raced to the third seed by more than ten seconds behind Argentina's Georgina Bardach and Slovakia's Jana Korbasová in 5:09.03.[4] [5] Two days later, in the 200 m individual medley, Zertsalova posted a second-place time of 2:24.09 in the same heat, but finished in thirty-second place among 36 other swimmers from the prelims.[6] [7]
Notes and References
- Alexandra Zertsalova. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418031702/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ze/aleksandra-zertsalova-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 23 June 2013.
- Web site: Swimming – Women's 200m Individual Medley Startlist (Heat 1). PDF. Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. 14 June 2013.
- Web site: Swimming – Women's 400m Individual Medley Startlist (Heat 1). PDF. Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. 14 June 2013.
- Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 400m Individual Medley Heat 1 . . . . 329 . 14 June 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . 19 August 2011 .
- News: Newberry. Paul. Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free. https://archive.today/20130615211705/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep16_tho.html. usurped. June 15, 2013. Canoe.ca. 16 September 2000. 28 May 2013.
- Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 200m Individual Medley Heat 1 . . . . 323 . 19 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . 19 August 2011 .
- News: Malchow sets Olympic record in 200 fly. https://archive.today/20130615050120/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep18_mal.html. usurped. June 15, 2013. Canoe.ca. 18 September 2000. 28 May 2013.
