Nataliya Khudyakova

Nataliya Khudyakova (Ukrainian: Наталія Худякова; born February 8, 1985 in Brovary) is a Ukrainian swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events.[1]

Nataliya Khudyakova
Personal information
Full nameNataliya Khudyakova
National team Ukraine
Born (1985-02-08) 8 February 1985
Brovary, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubDynamo Kiev

Khudyakova competed for Ukraine in three swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Leading up to the Games, she cleared FINA B-standard entry time of 2:02.88 (200 m freestyle) at the EDF Swimming Open in Paris and 4:19.67 (400 m freestyle) at the Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand.[2][3] Khudyakova also teamed up with Darya Stepanyuk, Kateryna Dikidzhi, and Hanna Dzerkal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. Swimming the anchor leg in heat two, Khudyakova recorded a split of 56.54 seconds, and the Ukrainian team went on to finish the prelims in fourteenth overall with a final time of 3:44.72.[4]

In the 400 m freestyle, Khudyakova challenged six other swimmers on the second heat, including two-time Olympian Golda Marcus of El Salvador. She raced to second and thirty-third overall by a quarter of a second (0.25) behind Venezuela's Yanel Pinto in 4:18.34.[5] In her third event, 200 m freestyle, Khudyakova posted her personal best of 2:02.27 to top the first heat by 0.61 of a second ahead of Thailand's Natthanan Junkrajang. Khudyakova failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-fifth overall in the preliminaries.[6]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nataliya Khudyakova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  2. "2008 Paris Open: Women's 200m Freestyle Results". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  3. "Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 400m Freestyle" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 58. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  4. "Women's 4×100m Freestyle Heat 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  5. "Women's 400m Freestyle Heat 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  6. "Women's 200m Freestyle Heat 1". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.


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