Yekaterina Tochenaya

{{short description|Kyrgyzstani swimmer}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|5|9|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Volgograd, Russian SFSR,
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Yekaterina Tochenaya ({{langx|ru|Екатерина Точеная}}; born May 9, 1981) is a Kyrgyzstani former swimmer, who specialized in sprint and middle-distance freestyle events.{{cite sports-reference|title = Yekaterina Tochenaya|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/yekaterina-tochenaya-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418031705/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/yekaterina-tochenaya-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 14 June 2013}} She holds a dual citizenship status to compete internationally for Kyrgyzstan and Russia, including her rare appearance at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Tochenaya competed in three swimming events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She achieved FINA A-standards of 27.16 (50 m freestyle) and 58.83 (100 m freestyle) from the Russian Open Championships in Saint Petersburg.{{cite web|title=Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 4)|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010006002A000000FFFFFFFFFFFF00|format=PDF|work=Sydney 2000|publisher=Omega Timing|access-date=14 June 2013}}{{cite web|title=Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010006002D000000FFFFFFFFFFFF00|format=PDF|work=Sydney 2000|publisher=Omega Timing|access-date=14 June 2013}} On the fifth day of the Games, Tochenaya swam two events in her program, with only 90 minutes in between. First, she placed forty-third in the 100 m freestyle. Swimming in heat two, she came from behind the pack with a spectacular swim to pick up a sixth seed in 58.80, sufficiently enough for her personal best.{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Heat 2 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |work=Sydney 2000 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=174 |access-date=14 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |archive-date=19 August 2011 }}{{cite web|title=Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Women's 100m Freestyle)|url=http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesResults/sep20.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616020339/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesResults/sep20.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 16, 2013|publisher=Canoe.ca|access-date=14 June 2013}} More than an hour later, Tochenaya, along Nataliya Korabelnikova, Anna Korshikova, and Anjelika Solovieva, placed fourteenth in the 4×200 m freestyle relay (8:41.21).{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heat 2 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |work=Sydney 2000 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=359 |access-date=14 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |archive-date=19 August 2011 }} Two days later, in the 50 m freestyle, Tochenaya shared a forty-first seed with South Korea's Chang Hee-Jin on the morning prelims. She posted a sterling time and a personal best of 26.88 to scorch the field with a leading finish in heat four.{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 4 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |work=Sydney 2000 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=165 |access-date=14 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |archive-date=19 August 2011 }}{{cite web|title=Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Women's 50m Freestyle)|url=http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesResults/sep22.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615050120/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesResults/sep22.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 15, 2013|publisher=Canoe.ca|access-date=14 June 2013}}{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming Results (September 22, 2000)|url=https://assets.espn.go.com/oly/summer00/news/2000/0921/765484.html|work=Sydney 2000|publisher=ESPN|access-date=14 June 2013}}