club birth_place weight height birth_date article_title strokes name
sundfélag akranes akranes , iceland 64 kg lb 0 on 1.74 0 on 11 november 1982 kolbrún Ýr kristjánsdóttir
 butterfly , backstroke kolbrún Ýr kristjánsdóttir
kolbrún Ýr kristjánsdóttir

kolbrún Ýr kristjánsdóttir -lrb- born november 11 , 1982 in akranes -rrb- is a retired icelandic swimmer , who specialized in backstroke and butterfly events .
she is a two-time olympian -lrb- 2000 and 2004 -rrb- , and former icelandic record holder in the same strokes -lrb- both 100 and 200 m -rrb- .
kolbrún made her official debut at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney .
she failed to reach the semifinals in any of her individual events , finishing forty-third in the 100 m backstroke -lrb- 1:07.28 -rrb- , and thirty-second in the 200 m backstroke -lrb- 2:24.33 -rrb- .
at the 2004 summer olympics in athens , kolbrún shortened her program , 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 .
