| Erla Dögg Haraldsdóttir | |
| Fullname: | Erla Dögg Haraldsdóttir |
| Strokes: | Breaststroke, medley |
| Collegeteam: | Old Dominion University (U.S.) |
| Birth Date: | 19 April 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Njarðvík, Iceland |
| Height: | 1.80NaN0 |
| Weight: | 680NaN0 |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Erla Dögg Haraldsdóttir (born 19 April 1988) is an Icelandic swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke and individual medley events.[1] She represented her nation Iceland at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has claimed a total of twenty-four Icelandic championship titles and eleven national records in both the 50 and 100 m breaststroke.
Haraldsdottir competed for Iceland in two swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, she posted a time of 1:10.66 (100 m breaststroke) to eclipse the FINA B-cut at the Mare Nostrum Arena International Meet in Canet-en-Roussillon, France, and 2:18.74 (200 m individual medley) at the Icelandic Championships in Reykjavík.[2] [3] In the 100 m breaststroke, Haraldsdottir touched with a 1:11.78 for the sixth spot and fortieth overall in heat three, just a shy of her entry time by 1.12 seconds.[4] The following day, Haraldsdottir raced her way to fourth place in heat one of the 200 m individual medley with a 2:20.53, but failed to advance to the semifinals, finishing thirty-fifth overall in the prelims.[5]
Haraldsdottir is a member of the swimming team, along with her compatriot Árni Már Árnason, for the Old Dominion Monarchs, and a graduate of civil engineering at the Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.[6] Haraldsdottir also became the first female swimmer to represent her university at the 2011 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships, where she set her own personal record of 1:01.15 in the women's breaststroke.[7]