Elena Popovska
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Elena Popovska |
| National team |
 Macedonia |
| Born |
6 January 1990 Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
| Club | PK Skopje[1] |
Elena Popovska (Macedonian: Елена Поповска; born January 6, 1990) is a Macedonian swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[2][1] She represented the Republic of Macedonia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, placing among the top 50 swimmers in the 100 m freestyle.[3]
Popovska was invited by FINA through the Universality rule to compete as a lone female swimmer for Macedonia in the men's 100 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[3] Swimming against fellow Olympic debutants Madeleine Scerri of Malta and Olga Hachatryan of Turkmenistan in heat one, Popovska overhauled a minute barrier with a lifetime best of 59.93 to blaze her way for the second spot and forty-seventh overall on the evening prelims, but failed to advance to the semifinals.[4][5]
References
- 1 2 "Elena Popovska". Beijing 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ↑ "Elena Popovska". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- 1 2 "македонското знаме во пекинг" [Macedonians fly to Beijing] (in Macedonian). Macedonian Olympic Committee. 31 July 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ↑ "Women's 100m Freestyle – Heat 1". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ↑ "Olympics: Madeleine Scerri sets national swimming record". Times of Malta. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2015.