Svitlana Bondarenko

Svitlana Bondarenko (Ukrainian: Світлана Бондаренко; born 12 August 1971 in Zaporizhzhia) is a former international breaststroke swimmer from Ukraine. She swam at three Olympics (1996, 2000 and 2004), multiple World Championships and European Championships, and several other meets during her international career from 1991 to 2010.

Svitlana Bondarenko

Personal information
Full name	Світлана Бондаренко
Nationality	Ukraine
Born	(1971-08-12) 12 August 1971 (age 53) Zaporizhzhia
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	139 lb (63 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	breaststroke
Club	Spartak
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships (SC) 0 2 1 European Championships (LC) 1 9 2 European Championships (SC) 0 0 1 Summer Universiade 2 2 0 Military World Games 1 3 4 Total 4 16 8 World Championships (SC) 1995 Rio 100 m breaststroke 1995 Rio 200 m breaststroke 1997 Gothenburg 100 m breaststroke European Championships (LC) 2004 Madrid 100 m breaststroke 1991 Athens 100 m breaststroke 1993 Sheffield 100 m breaststroke 1995 Vienna 100 m breaststroke 1995 Vienna 200 m breaststroke 1997 Seville 100 m breaststroke 1999 Istanbul 100 m breaststroke 2002 Berlin 50 m breaststroke 2002 Berlin 100 m breaststroke 2004 Madrid 4×100 m medley 2000 Helsinki 100 m breaststroke 2002 Berlin 4×100 m medley European Championships (SC) 1998 Sheffield 100 m breaststroke Summer Universiade 1993 Buffalo 200 m breaststroke 1997 Catania 100 m breaststroke 1993 Buffalo 100 m breaststroke 1997 Catania 200 m breaststroke Military World Games 1999 Zagreb 100 m breaststroke 1999 Zagreb 50 m breaststroke 2003 Catania 50 m breaststroke 2003 Catania 100 m breaststroke 2003 Catania 200 m breaststroke 2007 Hyderabad 50 m breaststroke 2007 Hyderabad 4x400 m medley relay 2011 Rio de Janeiro 100 m breaststroke

In the 1990s, she was the silver-medalist in the 100 Breaststroke at every European Championships (1991, 1993, 1995, 1997 and 1999), and also won silver in the 200 Breaststroke in 1995. At the 1995 Short Course Worlds, she garnered silver medals in both breaststroke events (100 and 200).

In the 2000s, at the 2004 European Championships, she won the 100 Breaststroke.

Bondarenko was the oldest contender at the 2010 European Championships.^[1]

References

1. Svitlana Bondarenko: the oldest swimmer in Budapest Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, 2010 European Aquatics Championships (6 August 2010)

External links

• Svitlana Bondarenko at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)