Olga Hachatryan

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Olga Hachatryan
Personal information
Full nameOlga Hachatryan
National teamFlag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan
Born (1992-07-06) 6 July 1992 (age 30)
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle

Olga Hachatryan (born July 6, 1992) is a Turkmenistani swimmer who specialized in sprint freestyle events. [1] Hachatryan represented Turkmenistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she swam in the women's 100 m freestyle event, against Malta's Madeleine Scerri and Macedonia's Elena Popovska. She finished the race in last place for both the first heat and the overall standings, with a time of 1:14.77. [2]

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olga Hachatryan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  2. "Swimming: Women's 100m Freestyle – Heat 1". Beijing 2008 . NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.