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Full name | Triin Aljand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Estonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Tallinn, Estonia | 8 July 1985|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Audentese SK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Texas A&M University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Triin Aljand (born 8 July 1985) is a retired Estonian swimmer who won a silver medal at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships in 50 m butterfly. She competed in the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the 50 m and 100 m freestyle and 100 butterfly, but never reached the finals.[1] She also participated in multiple FINA World Aquatics Championships.[2][3]
She attended Texas A&M University, where she swam for the women's varsity team. On 21 November 2008 she broke the National Collegiate Athletic Association record for the 50-yard freestyle with her time of 21.61,[4] though the record was disqualified after it was found the pool was just over one inch short.[5]
See also: List of Estonian records in swimming |
She set the Estonian national records three times in the 50-m butterfly on 12 December 2008.[6] She set another national record in the 100-m butterfly at the 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships on 14 December 2008.[7]
Her twin sister Berit and younger brother Martti are also swimmers. Her father Riho Aljand is a swimming coach, and her grandmother, Ulvi Voog (Indrikson) is a former Olympic swimmer.[1]
She is married to Slovenian swimmer Peter Mankoč.[8] They have a daughter Brina, who was born in 2015.[9]