Yuliya Khitraya

Yuliya Khitraya
Personal information
Full name Yuliya Piatrouna Khitraya
Nationality  Belarus
Born (1989-09-11) 11 September 1989
Baranovichi, Belarusian SSR
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Event(s) Freestyle
Club Brest SC[1]

Yuliya Piatrouna Khitraya (Belarusian: Юлія Пятроўна Хітрая; Łacinka: Julija Piatroŭna Chitraja; born 11 September 1989 in Baranovichi) is a Belarusian swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1][2] She won a bronze medal, as a member of the Belarusian swimming team, in the women's 4×50 m freestyle at the 2012 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Chartres, France.[3]

Khitraya represented Belarus at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she qualified for the women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, along with her teammates Aksana Dziamidava, Sviatlana Khakhlova, and double Olympic silver medalist Aliaksandra Herasimenia.[4] Swimming the anchor leg, Khitraya posted her time of 55.92 seconds, and the Belarusian team went on to finish the first heat in seventh place and thirteenth overall, setting a new national record time of 3:40.67.[5]

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