Veronika Andrusenko
Personal information
Full nameVeronika Andreyevna Popova
National team Russia
Born (1991-01-20) 20 January 1991 (age 33)
Volgograd, Russian SFSR, USSR (now Russia)
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubFSO Rossiya
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Russia
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place 2017 Budapest 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Barcelona 4×100 m medley
World Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 2012 Istanbul 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2014 Doha 4×50 m mixed free
Silver medal – second place 2016 Windsor 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Windsor 4x200 m freestyle
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Berlin 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Berlin 4×100 m mixed medley
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2012 Chartres 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Herning 4×50 m mixed freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2015 Netanya 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Chartres 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Herning 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Herning 4×50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Netanya 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Netanya 4×50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Copenhagen 200 m freestyle

Veronika Andreyevna Andrusenko (née Popova) (Russian: Вероника Андреевна Андрусенко (Попова); born 20 January 1991) is a Russian competitive swimmer.[1]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the national team in the Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, finishing in 10th place in the heats, failing to reach the final. She also took part in the 100 m freestyle (finishing in 17th), the 200 m freestyle (finishing in 6th place), 4 × 200 m freestyle (finishing in 15th) and the 4 × 100 m medley relay (finishing in 4th).[2]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she competed in the same events, finishing in 19th in the 100 m freestyle, 9th in the 200 m freestyle, 10th in the 4 × 100 m freestyle, 7th in the 4 × 200 m freestyle and 6th in the 4 × 100 m medley relay.[2]

In 2019 she was a member[3] of the 2019 International Swimming League representing Team Iron.[citation needed]

Personal life

She is married to Vyacheslav Andrusenko, who is also a swimmer for Russia.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Veronika Popova at the official site of the Olympic Games 2012". Archived from the original on 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
  2. ^ a b c "Veronika Popova Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Team Iron Unveils Official Roster". SwimSwam. 2019-06-18. Retrieved 2020-05-15.

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Records Preceded byTomaso D'Orsogna, Travis Mahoney, Cate Campbell, Bronte Campbell Mixed 4 × 50 metres freestyle relay world record-holder 14 December 2013 – 6 December 2014 With: Sergey Fesikov, Vladimir Morozov, Rozaliya Nasretdinova Succeeded byJosh Schneider, Matt Grevers, Madison Kennedy, Abbey Weitzeil
European short course champions in women's 100 m freestyle
European Short Course Champions in Mixed 4x50 m Freestyle Relay
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