Saida Iskandarova

Saida Iskandarova

Personal information
Full name	Saida Iskandarova
National team	Uzbekistan
Born	(1980-03-12) 12 March 1980 (age 44) Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, backstroke

Saida Iskandarova (Uzbek: Саида Искандарова; born March 12, 1980) is an Uzbek former swimmer who specialized in backstroke, but also competed in sprint freestyle.[1] She is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004), and currently the head coach for the Uzbekistan National Swimming Team.[2][3]

Iskandarova made her Olympic debut, as Uzbekistan's first ever female swimmer, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she competed in the women's 50 m freestyle. Swimming in heat four, she picked up a sixth seed and fifty-fifth overall by 0.23 of a second behind Moldova's Maria Tregubova in 27.75.[4]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Iskandarova qualified for the 200 m backstroke by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:19.98 from the Belarus Open Championships in Minsk.[5] She participated in the first heat, against two other swimmers Gretchen Gotay of Puerto Rico, and Sherry Tsai of Hong Kong. She rounded out a small field of three to last place by a 6.24-second margin behind winner Tsai, outside her entry time of 2:26.17. Iskandarova failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-second overall in the preliminaries.[6][7]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Saida Iskandarova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
2. "Саида Искандарова раскрыла секрет как доплыть до…олимпийских медалей" [Saida Iskandarova revealed the secret on how to swim for Olympic medals] (in Uzbek). 12 News Uzbekistan. 5 January 2005. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
3. McLeod, Matt (15 October 2012). "Kuchkarova returns to Redlands Swim Team with company". Redlands Daily Facts. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
4. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 4" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 165. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
5. "Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
6. "Women's 200m Backstroke Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
7. Thomas, Stephen (19 August 2004). "Women's 200 Backstroke, Day 6 Prelims: Top Seeds Komarova and Nakamura Qualify Fastest". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2013.

External links

• Profile – Honored Master of Sports (Start Uzbek) (in Uzbek)