Nina Aleksandrovna Zhivanevskaya (, born 24 June 1977) is a 5-time Olympic backstroke swimmer from Russia, who has swum for Spain since 1999, following her marriage to a Spaniard (and moving to Spain). She swam at the 1992 Olympics for the Unified Team, Russia at the 1996 Olympics, and Spain at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics. At the 1992 Games, she won a bronze medal in the 4×100 m medley relay, and was the youngest member of the Unified Team swimming squad (18 men and 11 women), with 15 years and 35 days. She won the bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke a year later at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Zhivanevskaya took part in the 2008 Olympic Games, reaching the semi-finals in the 100 m backstroke. After this event, she announced she was retiring from the sport so that she could concentrate on her family. See also List of doping cases in sport List of Spanish records in swimming World record progression 50 metres backstroke References External links 1977 births Living people Soviet female freestyle swimmers Russian female backstroke swimmers Russian female freestyle swimmers Spanish female backstroke swimmers Spanish female freestyle swimmers Russian emigrants to Spain Soviet female backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers of Spain Olympic swimmers of the Unified Team Olympic swimmers of Russia Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Unified Team Olympic bronze medalists for Spain Doping cases in swimming Russian sportspeople in doping cases Sportspeople from Samara, Russia World record setters in swimming Olympic bronze medalists in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Swimmers at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming