Nadiya Beshevli

{{Short description|Ukrainian swimmer (born 1982)}}

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| national_team = {{UKR}}

| strokes = Freestyle, backstroke

| club = Dynamo Donetsk

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|2|8|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR,
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Nadiya Beshevli ({{langx|uk|Надія Бешевлі}}; born 8 February 1982) is a Ukrainian former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and backstroke events.{{cite sports-reference|title = Nadiya Beshevli|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/nadiya-beshevli-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418001649/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/nadiya-beshevli-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 17 June 2013}} She represented Ukraine, as an 18-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and held numerous Ukrainian titles and meet records in the freestyle relays and backstroke double (both 100 and 200 m).{{cite news|script-title=uk:Шанхай: нові старі умови, два рекорди, випробовування молодих|trans-title=Shanghai: new and old provided two records, test the young|language=uk|url=http://www.olimparena.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=940&Itemid=5|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130620010431/http://www.olimparena.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=940&Itemid=5|url-status=usurped|archive-date=20 June 2013|publisher=Olimparena|accessdate=17 June 2013}}

Beshevli competed in five swimming events, including all relays, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She achieved FINA B-standards of 1:04.47 (100 m backstroke) and 2:17.48 (200 m backstroke) from the Multinations Swim Meet in Prague, Czech Republic.{{cite web|title=Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 3)|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000100060037000000FFFFFFFFFFFF00|format=PDF|work=Sydney 2000|publisher=Omega Timing|accessdate=14 June 2013}}{{cite web|title=Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 2)|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010006003A000000FFFFFFFFFFFF00|format=PDF|work=Sydney 2000|publisher=Omega Timing|accessdate=14 June 2013}} On the second day of the Games, Beshevli placed twenty-seventh in the 100 m backstroke. Swimming in heat three, she faded down the stretch on the final lap to share a fourth seed with Belgium's Sofie Wolfs in 1:04.66.{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Heat 3 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |work=Sydney 2000 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=288 |accessdate=26 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |archivedate=19 August 2011 }}{{cite news|title=Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM|url=http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep17_dol.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616043443/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep17_dol.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 16, 2013|publisher=Canoe.ca|date=17 September 2000|accessdate=28 May 2013}} Four days later, in the 200 m backstroke, Beshevli posted a sterling time of 2:15.86 to an unexpected triumph from heat two, but missed the semifinals by more than three-fourths of a second (0.75).{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Heat 2 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |work=Sydney 2000 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=301 |accessdate=26 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |archivedate=19 August 2011 }}{{cite web|title=Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Women's 200m Backstroke)|url=http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesResults/sep21.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615204434/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesResults/sep21.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 15, 2013|publisher=Canoe.ca|accessdate=7 July 2013}} A member of the Ukrainian squad, Beshevli also placed thirteenth in the 4×100 m freestyle relay (3:49.11), and sixteenth in the 4×100 m medley relay (4:15.64).{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 4×100m Freestyle Relay Heat 2 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |work=Sydney 2000 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=354 |accessdate=3 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |archivedate=19 August 2011 }}{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 4×100m Medley Relay Heat 3 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |work=Sydney 2000 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=365 |accessdate=3 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |archivedate=19 August 2011 }}{{cite news|last=Newberry|first=Paul|title=Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free|url=http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep16_tho.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615211705/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep16_tho.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 15, 2013|publisher=Canoe.ca|date=16 September 2000|accessdate=28 May 2013}} In the 4×200 m freestyle relay, Beshevli and her teammates Olena Lapunova, Albina Bordunova, and Zhanna Lozumyrska were disqualified from heat one in the prelims for an early launch on the lead-off leg.{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heat 1 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |work=Sydney 2000 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=358 |accessdate=3 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |archivedate=19 August 2011 }}

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