Yana Klochkova

Yana Klochkova
Personal information
Full nameYana Oleksandrivna Klochkova
NicknameThe Goldfish
Nationality Ukraine
Born (1982-08-07) 7 August 1982
Simferopol, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, Individual medley
ClubDynamo (Ukraine)
CoachNina Kozhukh
Oleksandr Kozhukh
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Ukraine
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 4 1 0
World Championships (LC) 4 2 0
World Championships (SC) 6 2 0
European Championships (LC) 10 2 4
European Championships (SC) 9 3 0
Summer Universiade 7 1 0
Goodwill Games 2 2 1
European Junior Championships 4 2 0
Total 46 15 5
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney200 m medley
2000 Sydney400 m medley
2004 Athens200 m medley
2004 Athens400 m medley
2000 Sydney800 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
2001 Fukuoka400 m medley
2001 Fukuoka400 m freestyle
2003 Barcelona200 m medley
2003 Barcelona400 m medley
1998 Perth400 m medley
2001 Fukuoka200 m medley
World Championships (SC)
1999 Hong Kong400 m medley
2000 Athens200 m medley
2000 Athens400 m medley
2002 Moscow400 m freestyle
2002 Moscow200 m medley
2002 Moscow400 m medley
1999 Hong Kong200 m medley
2000 Athens400 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
1999 Istanbul200 m medley
1999 Istanbul400 m medley
2000 Helsinki400 m freestyle
2000 Helsinki200 m medley
2000 Helsinki400 m medley
2002 Berlin400 m freestyle
2002 Berlin200 m medley
2002 Berlin400 m medley
2004 Madrid200 m medley
2004 Madrid400 m medley
1997 Sevilla400 m medley
2004 Madrid4×100 m medley
1997 Sevilla200 m medley
1999 Istanbul400 m freestyle
2002 Berlin4×100 m medley
2004 Madrid400 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
1999 Lisbon400 m freestyle
1999 Lisbon800 m freestyle
1999 Lisbon200 m medley
1999 Lisbon400 m medley
2000 Valencia200 m medley
2000 Valencia400 m medley
2001 Antwerp200 m medley
2002 Riesa200 m medley
2002 Riesa400 m medley
2001 Antwerp400 m freestyle
2001 Antwerp400 m medley
2002 Riesa400 m freestyle
Summer Universiade
2001 Beijing800 m freestyle
2001 Beijing200 m medley
2003 Daegu200 m freestyle
2003 Daegu200 m butterfly
2003 Daegu200 m medley
2003 Daegu400 m medley
2007 Bangkok400 m medley
2007 Bangkok200 m medley
Goodwill Games
2001 Brisbane800 m freestyle
2001 Brisbane400 m medley
2001 Brisbane400 m freestyle
2001 Brisbane200 m medley
2001 BrisbaneTeam
European Junior Championships
1997 Glasgow200 m medley
1997 Glasgow400 m medley
1998 Antwerp200 m medley
1998 Antwerp400 m medley
1996 København400 m medley
1998 Antwerp200 m breaststroke

Yana Oleksandrivna Klochkova (Ukrainian: Яна Олександрівна Клочкова; born 7 August 1982) is a Ukrainian swimmer, who has won five Olympic medals in her career, with four of them being gold. She is Merited Master of Sports (1998), Hero of Ukraine (2004). Klochkova was the most awarded Olympian from Ukraine until in 2024 fencer Olga Kharlan overtook her.

Yana Klochkova set 50 Ukrainian records in 25- and 50-meter swimming pools at distances of 100, 200, 400 meters with integrated swimming; 200, 400 and 800 meters freestyle; 100 and 200 meters on the back; 200 meters butterfly and relay swimming. At the Olympic Games in Sydney, she set a world record in a 400-meter medley swimming and a European record in a 200-meter medley swimming.