Veronica Vdovicenco
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Nationality
Moldova
Born27 August 1985
Chişinău, Moldavian SSR
Chişinău, Moldavian SSR
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | |
| Born | 27 August 1985 Chişinău, Moldavian SSR |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
Veronica Vdovicenco (born August 27, 1985) is a Moldovan swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] Vdovicenco qualified for the women's 50 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 26.30 from the Belarus Championships in Minsk.[2] She challenged seven other swimmers on the sixth heat, including returning Olympian Ellen Lendra Hight of Zambia. She raced to fifth place by 0.28 of a second behind Christel Simms of the Philippines, with a time of 26.92 seconds. Vdovicenco failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed fiftieth out of 92 swimmers in the preliminary heats.[3]