Erla Dögg Haraldsdóttir

Erla Dögg Haraldsdóttir (born April 19, 1988) is an Icelandic swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke and individual medley events.[1] She represented her nation Iceland at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has claimed a total of twenty-four Icelandic championship titles and eleven national records in both the 50 and 100 m breaststroke.

Erla Dögg Haraldsdóttir
Personal information
Full nameErla Dögg Haraldsdóttir
National team Iceland
Born (1988-04-19) 19 April 1988
Njarðvík, Iceland
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke, medley
College teamOld Dominion University (U.S.)

Haraldsdottir competed for Iceland in two swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, she posted a time of 1:10.66 (100 m breaststroke) to eclipse the FINA B-cut at the Mare Nostrum Arena International Meet in Canet-en-Roussillon, France, and 2:18.74 (200 m individual medley) at the Icelandic Championships in Reykjavík.[2][3] In the 100 m breaststroke, Haraldsdottir touched with a 1:11.78 for the sixth spot and fortieth overall in heat three, just a shy of her entry time by 1.12 seconds.[4] The following day, Haraldsdottir raced her way to fourth place in heat one of the 200 m individual medley with a 2:20.53, but failed to advance to the semifinals, finishing thirty-fifth overall in the prelims.[5]

Haraldsdottir is a member of the swimming team, along with her compatriot Árni Már Árnason, for the Old Dominion Monarchs, and a graduate of civil engineering at the Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.[6] Haraldsdottir also became the first female swimmer to represent her university at the 2011 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships, where she set her own personal record of 1:01.15 in the women's breaststroke.[7]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Erla Dögg Haraldsdóttir". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  2. "Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 100m Breaststroke" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 69. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  3. "Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 200m Individual Medley" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 81. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  4. "Swimming: Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 3". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  5. "Swimming: Women's 200m Individual Medley Heat 1". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  6. "Arni Arnason, Erla Haraldsdottir Named Co-Swimmers of the Week". Old Dominion Monarchs. 1 February 2011. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  7. "Swimmer Erla Haraldsdottir to Compete at NCAA Championships". Old Dominion Monarchs. 2 March 2011. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.


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