Inna Yoffe Explained

Inna Yoffe
Nationality:Israeli
Strokes:Synchronised swimming
Club:Maccabi Kiriyat Ha-Yovel, Jerusalem
Birth Date:8 February 1988
Birth Place:Soviet Union
Height:5 ft 3 in
Weight:108 lb

Inna Yoffe (Hebrew: אינה יופה; born February 8, 1988) is an Israeli Olympic synchronized swimmer.[1]

Biography

Yoffe is Jewish, and was born in the Soviet Union.[1] [2] She and the Israeli synchronized swimming team train in Jerusalem.[3] [4] [5] She swims for the Maccabi Kiryat-HaYovel club of Jerusalem.[3] [6]

Synchronized swimming career

In 2003, she and partner Anastasia Gloushkov placed 15th in the World Championship duet event (where at age 15, she was the youngest competitor), and sixth in the World Youth Championship.[3] [6] [7] At the 2004 European Championships in Madrid, Spain, she and Gloushkov finished 9th in duet.[8]

She competed on behalf of Israel at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece in the synchronized swimming duet, in which she came in 17th, along with her partner Gloushkov. She was the youngest member of the Israeli delegation at 16 years of age.[1] [3] [6] [9]

She competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, in the synchronized swimming duet, in which she and Gloushkov came in 15th.[1] At the 2010 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, they were 7th in the duet.[10] [11]

She and Gloushkov placed 14th in the synchronized swimming technical duets competition in the 2011 FINA World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China.[12] The pair qualified to represent Israel at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London,[13] finishing in 17th place.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Inna Yoffe Biography and Olympic Results . Sports-reference.com . November 13, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110916092109/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/yo/inna-yoffe-1.html . September 16, 2011 .
  2. Web site: Jews in the Olympics: 63 Athletes, 7 Countries . Jewishinstlouis.org . November 13, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120407023958/http://www.jewishinstlouis.org/page.aspx?id=181152 . April 7, 2012 .
  3. Web site: Anastasia Gloushkov . Jewishvirtuallibrary.org . November 14, 2011.
  4. News: Israeli Olympians in perfect synch . Israel21c.org . September 27, 2011. Abigail Klein Leichman . November 14, 2011.
  5. News: Talshir . Uri . Synchronized swimming / Olympic qualifiers / So nice, they qualified thrice . Haaretz . April 2, 2008 . November 14, 2011.
  6. Web site: Yoffe, Inna . Jewsinsports.org . November 14, 2011.
  7. News: Synchronized swimmers Gloushkov and Yoffe secure Olympic spot . Haaretz . April 2, 2008 . November 14, 2011.
  8. News: Gloushkov, Yoffe hope to be in 'sync' for Olympics . Jewish Tribune . Jack Borenstein . September 13, 2011 . November 14, 2011 .
  9. Web site: Israel at the 2004 Athina Summer Games . Sports-reference.com . November 14, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121107235537/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ISR/summer/2004/ . November 7, 2012 .
  10. Web site: Synchronized Swimming – Anastasia Gloushkov (Israel): season totals . The-sports.org . November 14, 2011.
  11. News: Israeli ranks 4th in European Synchronized Swimming Championships . Oren Aharoni. Ynetnews . June 20, 1995 . November 14, 2011.
  12. News: Dicker . Shira . Synchronized swimming: Israeli pair closes in on Olympics . The Jerusalem Post . July 17, 2011 . November 14, 2011.
  13. News: Dicker . Shira . Israeli swimmers earn a spot at 2012 Summer Olympics . The Jerusalem Post . July 17, 2011 . November 14, 2011.

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