Hanna Shcherba
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Born | Baranovichi, Belarus[1] | 11 January 1982|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | RTsFVS Baranovichi; CS Clichy 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hanna (Anna) Vyachaslavauna Shcherba (Belarusian: Ганна Вячаславаўна Шчэрба; born 11 January 1982) is a Belarusian-French swimmer who won six medals, mostly in medley events, at the European Championships of 2002–2004.[2] She competed in four events at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics with the best achievement of sixth place in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay in 2008.[3]
Biography[]
Shcherba was born in Baranovichi, Belarus. She has a younger sister Mariya Shcherba who is also an Olympic swimmer. In October 2001 Hanna moved to France where she first competed for the club Melun,[1] but then changed to CS Clichy. In 2005, she married Arnaud Lorgeril, a French competitive swimmer whom she knew from 2002, and changed her name and nationality; thus at the 2008 Olympics she competed for France as Shcherba-Lorgeril.[4] She speaks Russian and French and works as a swimming coach at CS Clichy.[5]
References[]
- ^ a b ПЛАВАНИЕ. Анна Щерба: Муля меня не нервирует. pressball.by (2002-08-14)
- ^ Hanna SHCHERBA. les-sports.info
- ^ Hanna Shcherba-Lorgeril. sports-reference.com
- ^ Анна Щерба: станет ли Франция ближе? sportpanorama.by (2005-05-14)
- ^ Athletes > Hanna SHCHERBA-LORGERIL > Bio. 2008.nbcolympics.com
- French sportspeople stubs
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- French female freestyle swimmers
- French female medley swimmers
- Belarusian female freestyle swimmers
- Belarusian female medley swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Belarus
- Olympic swimmers of France
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Sportspeople from Hauts-de-Seine
- People from Baranavichy District
- Belarusian emigrants to France
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France
- Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2009 Mediterranean Games