Nina Rangelova

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Nina Rangelova
Personal information
National teamFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Born (1990-10-22) 22 October 1990 (age 31)
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) (2012)
Weight58 kg (128 lb) (2012)
Spouse(s)
(m. 2018)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
CoachSteve Collins

Nina Rangelova (born 22 October 1990) is a Bulgarian swimmer. [1]

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At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's 200 m freestyle, but did not progress beyond the heats. [2]

She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's 400 metre freestyle, finishing 23rd in the heats, failing to qualify for the final, but breaking the Bulgarian national record. She also set new records in the 100 m and 200 m freestyle, but again did not progress beyond the heats. [3]

At the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia, Rangelova qualified for her third Olympic Games in the 200 m Freestyle event with a time of 1:58:40, also setting a new Bulgarian record. [4] [5] At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she competed in the 100 m and 200 m freestyle, but again did not progress beyond the heats. [2]

Personal life

In 2018 Rangelova married Lithuanian Olympic swimmer Mindaugas Sadauskas. [6]

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References

  1. "Nina Rangelova". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  2. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nina Rangelova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  3. "Rangelova breaks national swimming record in London". bnr.bg. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  4. "OMEGA Timing". omegatiming.com. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  5. "Swimmer Nina Rangelova sets new national record in 200 m freestyle". bnr.bg. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  6. "Plaukikų vestuvės: lietuvis sumainė žiedus su Bulgarijos olimpiete" [Swimmers' wedding: a Lithuanian exchanged rings with a Bulgarian Olympian]. DELFI Sportas (in Lithuanian). 4 September 2018.