Arina Openysheva

Arina Openysheva

Personal information
Full name	Arina Openysheva
National team	Russia
Born	(1999-03-24) 24 March 1999 Zelenogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, Medley
Coach	Vladimir Avdeev
Medal record Women's swimming Representing Russia European Games 2015 Baku 200 m freestyle 2015 Baku 400 m freestyle 2015 Baku 4×100 m freestyle 2015 Baku 4×200 m freestyle 2015 Baku 4×100 m medley 2015 Baku 4×100 m mixed freestyle 2015 Baku 4×100 m mixed medley 2015 Baku 100 m freestyle World Junior Championships 2015 Singapore 4×100 m mixed medley 2015 Singapore 200 m freestyle 2015 Singapore 4×100 m freestyle 2015 Singapore 100 m freestyle 2015 Singapore 4×200 m freestyle 2015 Singapore 4×100 m mixed freestyle European Junior Championships 2014 Dordrecht 100 m freestyle 2014 Dordrecht 200 m freestyle 2014 Dordrecht 400 m freestyle 2014 Dordrecht 4×100 m freestyle 2014 Dordrecht 4×200 m freestyle 2014 Dordrecht 4×100 m medley 2014 Dordrecht 4×100 m mixed freestyle European Youth Olympic Festival 2013 Utrecht 100 m freestyle 2013 Utrecht 200 m freestyle 2013 Utrecht 400 m freestyle 2013 Utrecht 800 m freestyle 2013 Utrecht 4×100 m freestyle 2013 Utrecht 4×100 m medley 2013 Utrecht 4×100 m mixed freestyle 2013 Utrecht 4×100 m mixed medley

Arina Openysheva (Russian: Арина 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).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, 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). She won silver in 100 m freestyle behind Dutch Marrit Steenbergen. Openysheva was the most decorated athlete at the entire 2015 European Games.

In August 2-9, 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 August 25-30, Openysheva then competed at the 2015 World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore, she won gold in 4x100 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.

External links

• Arina Openysheva Baku2015
• Arina Openysheva Sports bio