Arina Openysheva
Arina Openysheva in November 2016
Personal information
Full nameArina Openysheva
National team Russia
Born (1999-03-24) 24 March 1999
Zelenogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, Medley
College teamUniversity of Louisville
CoachVladimir Avdeev
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Russia
World Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place2016 Windsor4x200 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place2018 Glasgow4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place2018 Glasgow4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2018 Glasgow4×100 m mixed freestyle
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place2017 Taipei4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2017 Taipei4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2017 Taipei100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2017 Taipei200 m freestyle
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku 400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku 4×100 m mixed medley
Silver medal – second place 2015 Baku 100 m freestyle
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore 4×100 m mixed medley
Silver medal – second place 2015 Singapore 200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2015 Singapore 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Singapore 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Singapore 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Singapore 4×100 m mixed freestyle
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Dordrecht 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2014 Dordrecht 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2014 Dordrecht 400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2014 Dordrecht 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2014 Dordrecht 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2014 Dordrecht 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2014 Dordrecht 4×100 m mixed freestyle
European Youth Olympic Festival
Gold medal – first place 2013 Utrecht 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Utrecht 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Utrecht 400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Utrecht 800 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Utrecht 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Utrecht 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2013 Utrecht 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Utrecht 4×100 m mixed medley

Arina Pavlovna Openysheva (Russian: Арина Павловна Опёнышева; born 24 March 1999) is a Russian competitive swimmer. She won eight medals at the 2015 European Games. Seven medals were gold (200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley, 4 × 100 m mixed freestyle, 4 × 100 m mixed medley) making her the most decorated athlete of the Games.

Career

In 2013, Openysheva competed at the 2013 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival taking 8 gold medals overall in (100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m, 4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley, 4 × 100 m mixed freestyle and 4 × 100 m mixed medley).

In 2014, at the 2014 European Junior Championships, Openysheva won 8 gold medals in (100 m, 200 m, 400 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley, 4 × 100 m mixed freestyle and 4 × 100 m mixed medley).[1] That same year, she competed in seniors at the 2014 European Championships and at the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Doha, Qatar.

In June 2015, 16-year-old Openysheva competed at the inaugural 2015 European Games in Baku, she won seven gold medals including in 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle,[2] and helping the Russian Team win gold in 4 × 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m mixed medley, 4 × 100 m mixed freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle and in 4 × 100 m medley (together with Mariia Kameneva, Maria Astashkina, Polina Egorova broke a new junior world record touching in at 4:03.22).[3] She won silver in 100 m freestyle behind Dutch Marrit Steenbergen. Openysheva was the most decorated athlete at the entire 2015 European Games.

In 2–9 August, Openysheva competed in seniors at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, however she did not reach the semifinals in her events after losing in the preliminary heats. She also competed at the FINA Swimming World Cup in Moscow, finishing 4th in the women's 100 m freestyle behind Veronika Popova.

In 25–30 August, Openysheva then competed at the 2015 World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore, she won gold in 4 × 100 m mixed medley (with Anton Chupkov, Irina Pridhoko and Daniil Pakhomov) were Russia threw in a new Junior World record touching in at 3:45.85, she won silver medals in 4 × 100 m freestyle and 200 m freestyle, bronze medals in 100 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m mixed freestyle and 4 × 200 m freestyle.

References

  1. ↑ "Big Day for Arina Openysheva at Euro Juniors". swimmingworldmagazine.
  2. ↑ "Russian Federation's Arina Openysheva eyes further success in Baku". sportsmole.
  3. ↑ "The Russian relay team of Mariia Kameneva, Maria Astashkina, Polina Egorova, and Arina Openysheva combined to win the event and break the Jr World Record with their time of 4:03.22". swimswam.
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