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Яна Олександрівна Клочкова

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Yana Oleksandrivna Klochkova (Ukrainian: Яна Олександрівна
Клочкова; born 7 August 1982 in Simferopol) is a Ukrainian
swimmer, who has won five Olympic medals in her career, with four
of them being gold. She is Master of Sports[citation needed], World
Class and the only multi gold medal holder (more than two)[citation
needed] in Ukraine.

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Career
Her gold medals came in the 200 meter individual medley and the
400 meter individual medley at the 2000 and 2004 Summer
Olympics; her silver medal came in the 800 meter freestyle at the
2000 Summer Olympics. She has also won ten titles at swimming's
world championships, nineteen European championship titles. She
currently holds the short-course world record in the 400 meter
individual medley. Her 400 m individual medley world record was
broken by American Katie Hoff at the 2007 World Championships
in Melbourne. In 2003 she won four golds at the Summer
Universiade in South Korea. She was also awarded the Hero of
Ukraine medal. In 2004, she was named by Swimming World
magazine as the World Female Swimmer of the Year.

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Personal information
Full name
Yana Oleksandrivna Klochkova
Nickname(s) "Gold fish"
Nationality
Ukraine
Born
7 August 1982 (age 33)
Simferopol, Simferopol Raion, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height
1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight
70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport
Swimming
Strokes
Freestyle, Individual medley
Club
Dynamo (Ukraine)
Coach
Nina Kozhukh
Oleksandr Kozhukh
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