Yevgeniya Yermakova Explained

Yevgeniya Yermakova
Birth Place:Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
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Yevgeniya Yermakova (born 9 April 1976 in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union) is a retired female freestyle swimmer from Kazakhstan. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 (Barcelona, Spain) for the Unified Team.

Her best Olympic result was finishing in fourth place at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the women's 4×100 m freestyle relay event. She was a gold medalist at the 1991 European Championships (LC) in Athens, Greece. Yermakova was barred after failing a drugs test for a diuretic in Monaco in May 2000.[1]

She lives in New Zealand with her husband.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: rediff.com: Roll of dishonour.