Iryna Vitaliïvna Amshennikova (Ukrainian: Ірина Віталіївна Амшеннікова, born 19 May 1986) is a Ukrainian backstroke swimmer. She had her best achievements in short course competitions, where she won bronze at the 2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in the 200 m backstroke^[2] and six medals, including one gold, at the European Short Course Swimming Championships.^[3] She also competed at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics in several events, but was eliminated in the preliminaries.^[4] During her career she set 29 national records in the 50–200 m backstroke and various relay events.^[5]

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Iryna Amshennikova

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Born	(1986-05-19) 19 May 1986 (age 38) Komsomolsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  Ukraine World Championships (SC) 2002 Moscow 200 m backstroke European Championships (SC) 2005 Trieste 200 m backstroke 2006 Helsinki 200 m backstroke 2006 Helsinki 50 m backstroke 2003 Dublin 200 m backstroke 2006 Helsinki 100 m backstroke 2007 Debrecen 200 m backstroke European Championships (LC) 2004 Madrid 4×100 m medley 2006 Budapest 200 m backstroke 2002 Berlin 200 m backstroke 2002 Berlin 4×100 m medley European Junior Championships[1] 2002 Linz 200 m backstroke 2001 Malta 100 m backstroke 2002 Linz 100 m backstroke

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Amshennikova was born in Komsomolsk, Ukraine, to Olga Oleksandrovna (Ukrainian: Ольга Олександрівна), a competitive swimmer, and Vitali Alekseevich (Ukrainian: Віталій Олексійович), an amateur track and orienteering athlete. Her brother Eugene (Ukrainian: Женя) started with swimming but then became a competitive shooter. In 1997, her local pool was closed for reparations and Iryna moved to Kyiv, where she studied and trained in a boarding school. In 2004, she relocated to Zaporizhia to train with the coach Anatoly Zhuravlev. She graduated from the National University of Physical Education and Sports of Ukraine.^[6][7]