Yana Klochkova

Yana Oleksandrivna Klochkova (; born 7 August 1982) is a Ukrainian swimmer, who has won five Olympic medals in her career, with four of them being gold. She is Merited Master of Sports, Hero of Ukraine (2004).

Yana Klochkova set 50 Ukrainian records in 25- and 50-meter swimming pools at distances of 100, 200, 400 meters with integrated swimming; 200, 400 and 800 meters freestyle; 100 and 200 meters on the back; 200 meters butterfly and relay swimming. At the Olympic Games in Sydney, she set a world record in a 400-meter medley swimming and a European record in a 200-meter medley swimming.

Biography Klochkova was born on 7 August 1982 in the city of Simferopol (situated in Crimea). She moved from there to Kharkiv, then to Kyiv.

Sports Society — "Dynamo", Major of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

Coaches⁣ — Honored Trainer of Ukraine, Honored Worker of Physical Culture of Ukraine Nina Kozhukh and Honored Trainer of the USSR, Honored Worker of Physical Culture of Ukraine Alexander Kozhukh.

In the 2006 Ukrainian local elections Klochkova was elected to the Kharkiv City Council joining the faction of and became a member of the Party of Regions.

She retired in 2009 at the age of 26.

Klochkova has a son named Oleksandr born 21 June 2010. The father is Georgian athlete and businessman Nodarovich Rostoshvili. At the time her son Oleksandr lived permanently with his grandparents in Crimea and she speculated that that could have been a reason not to invite her. According to then Ukraine's Youth and Sport Minister Vadym Gutzeit the Ukrainian Swimming Federation had tried to contact Klochkova, but she had not responded. On 16 September 2021 Klochkova organised a swimming cross of the Dnipro river in Kyiv in honor of swimming day and the 30th anniversary of Ukrainian independence.

In 2022, Klochkova left Kyiv to live in Crimea. Klochkova has never publicly made a statement on the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Awards 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, nineteen European championship titles. She currently holds the short-course world record in the 400 meter individual medley. Her 400 m individual medley world record was broken by American Katie Hoff at the 2007 World Championships in Melbourne.

On 28 July 2001, she won a silver medal by defeating Qi Hui of China in the women's 200-meter individual medley at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. The same year, she won gold medal for 400-meter individual medley at the same event and on two days later won another gold in the 400-meter freestyle. In 2003, she won four golds at the Summer Universiade in South Korea. In 2004, she was named by Swimming World magazine as the World Female Swimmer of the Year and the same year was awarded Hero of Ukraine medal by President Leonid Kuchma.

Titles Yana Klochkova's titles include:

Olympic Champion 2000, Sydney: 200 m individual medley 2000, Sydney: 400 m individual medley 2004, Athens: 200 m individual medley 2004, Athens: 400 m individual medley

World Champion, Long Course 2001, Fukuoka: 400 m freestyle 2001, Fukuoka: 400 m individual medley 2003, Barcelona: 200 m individual medley 2003, Barcelona: 400 m individual medley

World Champion, Short Course 1999, Hong Kong: 400 m individual medley 2000, Athens: 200 m individual medley 2000, Athens: 400 m individual medley 2002, Moscow: 400 m freestyle 2002, Moscow: 200 m individual medley 2002, Moscow: 400 m individual medley

European Champion, Long Course 1999, Istanbul: 200 m individual medley 1999, Istanbul: 400 m individual medley 2000, Helsinki: 400 m freestyle 2000, Helsinki: 200 m individual medley 2000, Helsinki: 400 m individual medley 2002, Berlin: 400 m freestyle 2002, Berlin: 200 m individual medley 2002, Berlin: 400 m individual medley 2004, Madrid: 200 m individual medley 2004, Madrid: 400 m individual medley

European Champion, Short Course 1999, Lisbon: 400 m freestyle 1999, Lisbon: 800 m freestyle 1999, Lisbon: 200 m individual medley 1999, Lisbon: 400 m individual medley 2000, Valencia: 200 m individual medley 2000, Valencia: 400 m individual medley 2001, Antwerp: 200 m individual medley 2002, Riesa: 200 m individual medley 2002, Riesa: 400 m individual medley

Universiade Champion, Long Course 2003, Daegu: 200 m freestyle 2003, Daegu: 200 m butterfly 2003, Daegu: 200 m individual medley 2003, Daegu: 400 m individual medley 2007, Bangkok: 400 m individual medley

Honorary titles "Person of the Year 2000" in the nomination "Sportsman of the Year".

"Person of the Year 2003" in the nomination "Sportsman of the Year".

Honorary Citizen of Kharkiv and Donetsk.

International championships (50 m) Meet 400 free800 free 200 fly 200 medley

Klochkova qualified from the heats, but scratched the semi-finals