Anastassija Nikolajewna Yermakowa
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| gold | 2004 Athens | duet |
| gold | 2004 Athens | team |
| gold | 2008 Beijing | duet |
| gold | 2008 Beijing | team |
Anastassija Nikolajewna Yermakowa ( Russian Анастаси́я Никола́евна Ермако́ва ; born April 8, 1983 in Moscow ) is a Russian synchronized swimmer and four-time Olympic champion .
She started synchronized swimming at the age of five. In 2002 she graduated from Moscow University with a degree in economics .
With her long-term partner Anastassija Dawydowa , she started as a junior in 1998. In 2001 they were able to win their first international medal together: a silver medal in a duet at the World Cup. Two years later in Barcelona they finally became world champions in duets. The Russians were also victorious in the team competition.
Yermakova and Davydova won at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and again in 2008 in Beijing the competition in the duet. With the Russian team they could also win the gold medal. They won seven world championships and are also reigning European and world champions in duets.
Russia has dominated synchronized swimming for some time and has won all Olympic gold medals since Sydney 2000 . Yermakova lives with her team in a training camp outside of Moscow. She generally spends eight hours a day in the water.
Web links
- Anastassija Nikolajewna Yermakowa in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Yermakowa, Anastassija Nikolajewna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ермакова, Анастасия Николаевна (Russian); Ermakova, Anastasia Nikolaevna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian synchronized swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |