birth_place weight height birth_date article_title strokes name
chişinău , moldavian ssr 61 kg lb 0 on 1.70 0 on 27 august 1985 veronica vdovicenco
 freestyle veronica vdovicenco
veronica vdovicenco

veronica vdovicenco -lrb- born august 27 , 1985 in chişinău -rrb- is a moldovan swimmer , who specialized in sprint freestyle events .
vdovicenco qualified for the women 's 50 m freestyle at the 2008 summer olympics in beijing , by clearing a fina b-standard entry time of 26.30 from the belarus championships in minsk .
she challenged seven other swimmers on the sixth heat , including returning olympian ellen lendra hight of zambia .
she raced to fifth place by 0.28 of a second behind christel simms of the philippines , with a time of 26.92 seconds .
vdovicenco failed to advance into the semifinals , as she placed fiftieth out of 92 swimmers in the preliminary heats .
