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Arina Openysheva

Arina Openysheva
Personal information
Full name Arina Openysheva
National team  Russia
Born (1999-03-24) 24 March 1999 (age 17)
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

Arina 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.

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.


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