Kolbrún Ýr Kristjánsdóttir, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Kolbrún Ýr Kristjánsdóttir

Olympic swimmer

Date of Birth: 11-Nov-1982

Place of Birth: Akranes, Western Region, Iceland

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: Iceland

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Kolbrún Ýr Kristjánsdóttir

  • Kolbrún Ýr Kristjánsdóttir (born November 11, 1982 in Akranes) is a retired Icelandic swimmer, who specialized in backstroke and butterfly events.
  • She is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004), and former Icelandic record holder in the same strokes (both 100 and 200 m). Kolbrún made her first Icelandic team, as a 17-year-old teen, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
  • There, she failed to reach the semifinals in any of her individual events, finishing forty-third in the 100 m backstroke (1:07.28), and thirty-second in the 200 m backstroke (2:24.33).At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Kolbrún shortened her program on her second Olympic appearance, swimming only in the 100 m butterfly.
  • She posted a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:02.07 from the Games of the Small States of Europe in Valletta, Malta.
  • She challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including five-time Olympian Mette Jacobsen of Denmark.
  • She edged out Hong Kong's Sze Hang Yu to pick up a sixth seed by 0.09 of a second in 1:02.33.
  • Kolbrún failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-first overall on the first day of preliminaries.

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