Erla_Dögg_Haraldsdóttir

Erla Dögg Haraldsdóttir

Erla Dögg Haraldsdóttir

Icelandic swimmer

Erla Dögg Haraldsdóttir (born 19 April 1988) is an Icelandic swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke and individual medley events.[1] She represented her nation Iceland at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has claimed a total of twenty-four Icelandic championship titles and eleven national records in both the 50 and 100 m breaststroke.

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Haraldsdottir competed for Iceland in two swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, she posted a time of 1:10.66 (100 m breaststroke) to eclipse the FINA B-cut at the Mare Nostrum Arena International Meet in Canet-en-Roussillon, France, and 2:18.74 (200 m individual medley) at the Icelandic Championships in Reykjavík.[2][3] In the 100 m breaststroke, Haraldsdottir touched with a 1:11.78 for the sixth spot and fortieth overall in heat three, just a shy of her entry time by 1.12 seconds.[4] The following day, Haraldsdottir raced her way to fourth place in heat one of the 200 m individual medley with a 2:20.53, but failed to advance to the semifinals, finishing thirty-fifth overall in the prelims.[5]

Haraldsdottir is a member of the swimming team, along with her compatriot Árni Már Árnason, for the Old Dominion Monarchs, and a graduate of civil engineering at the Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.[6] Haraldsdottir also became the first female swimmer to represent her university at the 2011 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships, where she set her own personal record of 1:01.15 in the women's breaststroke.[7]

References

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    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Erla Dögg Haraldsdóttir". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
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    "Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 100m Breaststroke" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 69. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  3. [3]
    "Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 200m Individual Medley" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 81. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  4. [4]
    "Swimming: Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 3". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
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    "Swimming: Women's 200m Individual Medley Heat 1". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  6. [6]
    "Arni Arnason, Erla Haraldsdottir Named Co-Swimmers of the Week". Old Dominion Monarchs. 1 February 2011. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  7. [7]
    "Swimmer Erla Haraldsdottir to Compete at NCAA Championships". Old Dominion Monarchs. 2 March 2011. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.


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