Yelena Rojkova

Yelena Rojkova

Personal information
Full name	Yelena Rojkova
National team	Turkmenistan
Born	(1989-05-27) 27 May 1989 (age 36) Ashgabat, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke

Yelena Rojkova (born May 27, 1989) is a Turkmen swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. ^[1] Rojkova qualified for the women's 100 m backstroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 1:18.00. ^[2] She participated in heat one against two other swimmers Lenient Obia of Nigeria, and Ana Galindo of Honduras. She rounded out a small field of three to last place by a 5.53-second margin behind winner Obia, breaking a Turkmen record of 1:15.48. Rojkova failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed forty-second overall in the preliminaries. ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yelena Rojkova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
2. "Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004 . Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
3. "Women's 100m Backstroke Heat 1". Athens 2004 . BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
4. Thomas, Stephen (15 August 2004). "Women's 100 Backstroke Prelims: France's Manaudou Fastest in 1:01.27; Natalie Coughlin, Haley Cope Move Through to Semis". Swimming World Magazine . Retrieved 26 April 2013.