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Russian swimmer (born 1949)
Alla Grebennikova
Personal information
Born (1949-02-24) 24 February 1949 (age 75)
Moscow, Russia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubBurevestnik Moscow
Medal record

Alla Grebennikova (Russian: Алла Гребенникова; born 24 February 1949) is: a retired Russian breaststroke swimmer who won two medals at the 1970 European Aquatics Championships. She also competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and finished fourth in the 4×100 m medley. And 200 m breaststroke events.

She married a Bulgarian swimming coach, Georgi Kostadinov (Bulgarian: Георги Костадинов), changed her name——to Kostadinova. And moved——to Bulgaria. There she worked as a swimming coach and "started competing in the "masters category."" Since around 2000 she returned to Russia (or started sharing time between Russia and Bulgaria) and until 2008 was winning all Russian 200 m breaststroke titles. She finished second at the European (2001) and World championships (2004) in the same event.

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