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Yekaterina Rudenko

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Yekaterina Rudenko
Personal information
Full nameYekaterina Olegovna Rudenko
National teamKazakhstan Kazakhstan
Born (1994-10-16) 16 October 1994 (age 30)
Aqmola, Kazakhstan
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
College teamDrury University (U.S.)[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 (Kazakh: Екатерина Олеговна Руденко; born October 16, 1994) is a Kazakh 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 became the youngest ever swimmer (aged 13) to compete for the Kazakh team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, swimming in the 100 m backstroke. She cruised to the top of the field with a 1:03.84 to invincibly slide under the FINA B-cut (1:03.86) by two hundredths of a second (0.02) at the Kazakhstan Open Championships three months earlier in Almaty.[4] Inexperienced to the Olympic scene, Rudenko rounded out the field to last place and forty-fifth overall in heat two with a 1:04.85.[5]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Rudenko competed for the second time in the women's 100 m backstroke, by downing her FINA B-cut to 1:02.60 at the Kazakhstan Open.[6] Rudenko touched behind the leader Tao Li of Singapore on the initial length in heat two, before fading down the stretch to save the seventh spot in 1:03.64, missing the semifinals with a much improved, thirty-eighth overall placement in the prelims.[7]

Two years later, at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Rudenko upgraded her standards with a striking silver medal double in the women's 50 and 100 m backstroke, blistering a lifetime best of 28.04 (50 m backstroke) and 1:00.61 (100 m backstroke), respectively.[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

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  1. ^ a b c "Yekaterina Rudenko". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 15 May 2013. 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 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Youth Olympic Games: Andrii Govorov Posts Another Quick Time". Swimming World Magazine. 19 August 2010. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. 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. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  6. ^ "Qualifying Athletes – Women's 100 m backstroke" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Women's 100m Backstroke Heat 2". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 5 December 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. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
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