Triin Aljand
{{short description|Estonian swimmer}}
{{use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name = Triin Aljand
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| fullname = Triin Aljand
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| national_team = {{EST}}
| strokes = butterfly, freestyle
| club = Audentese SK
| collegeteam = Texas A&M University 2009
| coach = Steve Bultman (Texas A&M)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|7|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = Tallinn, Estonia
| height = {{convert|1.79|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
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{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | Estonia}}
{{MedalCompetition | European Championships (LC)}}
{{MedalSilver | 2012 Debrecen | 50 m butterfly}}
{{MedalCompetition | European Championships (SC)}}
{{MedalSilver | 2011 Szczecin | 50 m butterfly}}
{{MedalSilver | 2012 Chartres | 50 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze | 2010 Eindhoven | 50 m butterfly}}
{{MedalBronze | 2011 Szczecin | 50 m freestyle}}
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Triin Aljand (born 8 July 1985) is a retired Estonian swimmer who competed for Texas A&M University and won a silver medal at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships in 50 m butterfly. Specializing in the 50 and 100-meter freestyle, she competed in the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Summer Olympics for Estonia, but did not reach the finals.{{cite web|url=https://epl.delfi.ee/artikkel/51259606/ujujad-naudivad-singapuri-treeninglaagris-sooja-vastuvottu|title=Ujujad naudivad Singapuri treeninglaagris sooja vastuvõttu|website=Eesti Päevaleht|date=26 July 2008}}{{cite web |url=http://www.aggieathletics.com/pressRelease.php?SID=&PRID=14728 |title=Texas A&M Olympian Schedule |date=2008-08-05 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080812114047/http://www.aggieathletics.com/pressRelease.php?SID=&PRID=14728 |archivedate=12 August 2008 }}. aggieathletics.com.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/104140|title=Olympedia Bio, Triin Aljand|website=olympedia.org}}
Swimming for Texas A&M
Born in Tallinn, Estonia, she attended Texas A&M University, where she swam for the women's varsity team under Hall of Fame Head Coach Steve Bultman.{{cite web|url=https://12thman.com/staff-directory/steve-bultman/280|title=Texas A&M Staff, Steve Bultman|website=12thman.com}}{{cite web|url=https://swimswam.com/texas-am-womens-head-coach-steve-bultman-announces-retirement-after-25-years/|title=Kaufman, Sophie, Texas A&M Coach Steve Bultman Announces Retirement after 25 years|website=swimswam.com}} While swimming for Texas A&M, Aljand received 23 All-America honors and captured a total of 16 relay and individual conference titles. By the time she graduated A&M in 2009, she held five school records, all of which were still top-five marks among A&M swimming records in 2022. Her outstanding swimming helped lead the Aggies to their first two Women's SEC conference titles in 2007 and 2008.{{cite web|url=https://12thman.com/honors/texas-am-athletic-hall-of-fame/triin-aljand/325|title=A&M Athletics Hall of Fame, Triin Aljand|website=12thman.com}}
Excelling in sprint freestyle, on 21 November 2008 she broke the National Collegiate Athletic Association record for women in the 50-yard freestyle with her time of 21.61,{{cite web|url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/texas-ams-triin-aljand-clips-ncaa-50-free-record-short-pool-troubles-strike-am-again-as-record-disallowed/ |title=Lane 9 News Archive: Texas A&M's Triin Aljand Clips NCAA 50 Free Record; Short Pool Troubles Strike A&M Again as Record Disallowed|publisher=Swimmingworldmagazine.com|date=21 November 2008}} though the record was disallowed after it was found the pool was just over one inch short.{{cite web |url=http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/w-swim/spec-rel/112108aaa.html |title=Aljand Breaks All-Time NCAA Record in 50-Yard Freestyle; Record Disallowed After Pool Measurement |date=2008-11-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091219165624/http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/w-swim/spec-rel/112108aaa.html |archivedate=19 December 2009 }}. aggieathletics.com
Olympics
She competed in the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the 50 m and 100 m freestyle and 100 butterfly, but never reached the finals. She also participated in multiple FINA World Aquatics Championships.{{cite web|url=https://epl.delfi.ee/artikkel/51259606/ujujad-naudivad-singapuri-treeninglaagris-sooja-vastuvottu|title=Ujujad naudivad Singapuri treeninglaagris sooja vastuvõttu|website=Eesti Päevaleht|date=26 July 2008}}{{cite web |url=http://www.aggieathletics.com/pressRelease.php?SID=&PRID=14728 |title=Texas A&M Olympian Schedule |date=2008-08-05 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080812114047/http://www.aggieathletics.com/pressRelease.php?SID=&PRID=14728 |archivedate=12 August 2008 }}. aggieathletics.com. Against intense world competition, her top finishes were a 19th in the 50-meter freestyle in the 2012 Olympics and a 21st in the 50-meter freestyle in the 2008 Olympics.
=Honors=
As the holder of many team records and one of only two A&M swimmers to compete in three or more Olympics as of 2022, she was elected to the Texas A&M Athletic Hall of Fame in 2022.{{cite web|url=https://swimswam.com/eight-to-be-inducted-into-texas-am-athletics-hall-of-fame-class-of-2022/|title=Swimswam, Eight to be Inducted into Texas A&M Hall of Fame|website=swimswam.com}}
Records
{{see also|List of Estonian records in swimming}}
She set the Estonian national records three times in the 50-m butterfly on 12 December 2008.{{Cite web|url=http://www.kbtx.com/sports/headlines/36068909.html|title=Aljand Sets Estonian Record|date=2011-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928203953/http://www.kbtx.com/sports/headlines/36068909.html|archive-date=2011-09-28|url-status=}} She set another national record in the 100-m butterfly at the 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships on 14 December 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.aggiesports.com/swimming/Aggie-Roundup2008-12-13T22-06-00 |title=Aggie Roundup for December 14 |date=2008-12-14 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219145559/http://www.aggiesports.com/swimming/Aggie-Roundup2008-12-13T22-06-00 |archivedate=19 December 2008 }}. aggiesports.com.
Personal
Her twin sister Berit and younger brother Martti are also swimmers. Her father Riho Aljand is a swimming coach, and her grandmother, Ulvi Voog (Indrikson) is a former Olympic swimmer.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035143/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/triin-aljand-1.html Triin Aljand]. sports-reference.com
She is married to Slovenian swimmer Peter Mankoč.{{Cite news|url=http://www.24ur.com/ekskluziv/domaca-scena/foto-poroke-in-locitve-znanih-slovencev-in-slovenk-v-letu-2014.html?bl=1|title=FOTO: Poroke in ločitve znanih Slovencev in Slovenk v letu 2014|work=24ur.com|access-date=2017-03-23|language=sl}} They have a daughter Brina, who was born in 2015.{{Cite news|url=http://sport.delfi.ee/news/melu/uudised/onnitlused-endiste-tippujujate-triin-aljand-mankoci-ja-peter-mankoci-perre-sundis-tutar?id=71232753|title=Õnnitlused! Endiste tippujujate Triin Aljand Mankoci ja Peter Mankoci perre sündis tütar|last=DELFI|work=Sport|access-date=2017-03-23}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.esbl.ee/biograafia/Triin_Aljand ESBL bio]
- [https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/104140 Olympedia Bio, Triin Aljand]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035143/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/triin-aljand-1.html, Sports-Reference.com Bio, Triin Aljand]
- [https://12thman.com/honors/texas-am-athletic-hall-of-fame/triin-aljand/325 A&M University Athletics Hall of Fame, Triin Aljand]
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{{succession box
| title = Estonian Sportswoman of the Year
| before = Kristina Šmigun-Vähi
| after = Julia Beljajeva
| years = 2011, 2012}}
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Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Category:Estonian female freestyle swimmers
Category:Estonian female butterfly swimmers
Category:Olympic swimmers for Estonia
Category:Swimmers from Tallinn
Category:Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Texas A&M Aggies women's swimmers