One of the most titled Ukrainian athletes, the owner of various international awards, the beloved “goldfish” of Ukraine, is all about swimmer Yana Klochkova. About her, about her sporting achievements and won awards will be discussed in this article.
The childhood and youth of the future champion
Yana Klochkova was born in the Crimean city of Simferopol on 08/08/1982. When the girl was 7 years old, her parents gave her a swim. So the way to the champion's pedestal began with the baby. Yana’s good physical condition made her quickly start to show excellent results. After graduating from school, Yana Klochkova, without a doubt, decided to make a worthy sports career.
She moved to Kharkov. There, the future champion entered the sports school and successfully graduated in 2001. Having decided to continue training, Yana Klochkova moves to Kiev. The athlete received her higher education at the capital's National University physical. education and sports.
The first success in swimming
The sports biography of Yana Klochkova from the first years of her stay on the "big" water is replete with victories and medals.
The beginning of the sports career of the 14-year-old swimmer was marked by the second prize at the Junior European Championships held in Denmark in 1996. A year later, in Glasgow, again at the junior championship, she already becomes the first. Confidently confirming the title of winner, swimmer Yana Klochkova receives gold in 1998 in the city of Antwerp.
Major achievements in swimming
The annual participation in international competitions brought the swimmer new medals. Klochkova three times became European champion: in Lisbon in 1999, in the city of Helsinki and in Valencia in 2000.
The athlete set fifty records in Ukraine in different types of swimming: in the complex, freestyle, relay relay, swimming on the back and butterfly at various distances (from one hundred and a half thousand meters).
In 2001, Yana became the silver medalist at the World Championships held in Japanese Fukuotsa.
In 2003 - a new sporting achievement. The world champion in swimming was Yana Klochkova. Photos of the Ukrainian swimmer appeared in all world media.
The performance of the two-time world champion at the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004 entered the history of sports. The athlete twice won gold at distances of 400 and 200 meters. Then she received the title of "Best World Swimmer of the Year."
Klochkova’s striking sporting achievements include a world record set at a distance of 400 meters at the Sydney Olympics.
In the piggy bank of her achievements is the European record in the two-hundred-meter distance in integrated swimming.
Yana Klochkova shows outstanding results on swimming lanes thanks to intensive training, brilliant physical form, psychological focus on victory. Her coaches, Nina and Alexander Kozhukh, provide great help to her.
Y. Klochkova gained world fame after she won four gold medals at the Olympics and one silver.
In 2008, Yana decides to complete her professional appearances in sports.
Klochkova is an active public activist. He is engaged in the promotion and promotion of a healthy lifestyle. He does a lot for the development of the Ukrainian swimming school, as well as various other sports in the country. Gives swimming lessons to children. Participates in promotions. In 2010, the titled swimmer gave birth to a son, Alexander. The child’s father was an athlete from Georgia Levan Rostoshvili.
Soon after this joyful event, Yana Klochkova, whose photo in underwear appeared in many magazines, showed her beautiful body and excellent physical shape.
Titles, awards and titles of an athlete
In 2006, Y.A. Klochkova was elected as a deputy of the city council of Kharkov. She also joined the group of young regions, was a member of the Party of Regions of Ukraine.
In 2004 she received the highest award of the country - the title of Hero of Ukraine for outstanding achievements in sports and the glorification of Ukraine. The famous athlete is a member of the Ukrainian Swimming Federation.
Yana Klochkova is an honorary citizen of Kharkov and Donetsk.
In the piggy bank of her awards there is the Order of Merit of the III degree, the Order of Princess Olga of I and III degree, the Cross of Glory of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The athlete is a laureate of the Ukraine Prize for the contribution of the young generation to the formation of the state.
Twice (in 2000 and 2003), an outstanding Ukrainian athlete received the title "Person of the Year" in the category "Athlete of the Year".