Yana Klochkova
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Yana Oleksandrivna Klochkova (Ukrainian: Яна Олександрівна Клочкова; born August 7, 1982 in Simferopol) is a Ukrainian swimmer, who has won five Olympic medals in her career, with four of them being gold.
Her gold medals came in the 200 meter individual medley and the 400 meter individual medley at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics; her silver medal came in the 800 meter freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She has also won ten titles at swimming's world championships, and currently holds both the short-course and long-course world records in the 400 meter individual medley. In 2003 she won four golds at the Summer Universiade in South Korea. She was also awarded the Hero of Ukraine medal. In 2004, she was named by Swimming World magazine as the World Female Swimmer of the Year.
| Olympic medalists in swimming (women) | Olympic Champions in Women's 200 m Individual Medley |
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| 1968: Claudia Kolb | 1972: Shane Gould | 1984: Tracy Caulkins | 1988: Daniela Hunger | 1992: Li Lin | 1996: Michelle Smith | 2000: Yana Klochkova | 2004: Yana Klochkova |
| Olympic medalists in swimming (women) | Olympic Champions in Women's 400 m Individual Medley |
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| 1964: Donna de Varona | 1968: Claudia Kolb | 1972: Gail Neall | 1976: Ulrike Tauber | 1980: Petra Schneider | 1984: Tracy Caulkins | 1988: Janet Evans | 1992: Krisztina Egerszegi | 1996: Michelle Smith | 2000: Yana Klochkova | 2004: Yana Klochkova |
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