Yelena Rojkova

{{short description|Turkmen swimmer (born 1989)}}

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| fullname = Yelena Rojkova

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| national_team = {{TKM}}

| strokes = Backstroke

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|5|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Ashgabat, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union

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| height = {{convert|1.68|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|65|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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Yelena Rojkova (born May 27, 1989) is a Turkmen swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Yelena Rojkova |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/yelena-roykova-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418072831/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/yelena-roykova-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |access-date=6 May 2013}} Rojkova qualified for the women's 100 m backstroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 1:18.00.{{cite web |title=Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 1) |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010406000C000000FFFFFFFFFFFF00 |format=PDF |work=Athens 2004 |publisher=Omega Timing |access-date=26 April 2013}} She participated in heat one against two other swimmers Lenient Obia of Nigeria, and Ana Galindo of Honduras. She rounded out a small field of three to last place by a 5.53-second margin behind winner Obia, breaking a Turkmen record of 1:15.48. Rojkova failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed forty-second overall in the preliminaries.{{cite web |title=Women's 100m Backstroke Heat 1 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/swimming/results/3535108.stm |work=Athens 2004 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=15 August 2004 |access-date=31 January 2013}}{{cite news |last=Thomas |first=Stephen |title=Women's 100 Backstroke Prelims: France's Manaudou Fastest in 1:01.27; Natalie Coughlin, Haley Cope Move Through to Semis |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7807.asp |publisher=Swimming World Magazine |date=15 August 2004 |access-date=26 April 2013}}