fullname birth_place weight height birth_date image article_title strokes
aleksandra gerasimenya minsk , byelorussian ssr , soviet union 55 kg lb 1.76 31 december 1985 aleksandra gerasimenya.jpg aleksandra gerasimenya
 freestyle , backstroke
aleksandra gerasimenya

aleksandra viktorovna gerasimenya -lrb- , ; born 31 december 1985 in minsk -rrb- is a swimmer from belarus .
she specialises in sprint freestyle and backstroke events .
despite a two-year ban for a positive test for norandrosterone in 2003 , gerasimenya returned to win gold medals at both the european and world championships .
at the 2012 summer olympics , she won silver medals in the 50 and 100 meter freestyle events .
