Yelena Skalinskaya

{{short description|Kazakhstani swimmer}}

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| fullname = Yelena Alexeyevna Skalinskaya

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| national_team = {{KAZ}}

| strokes = Freestyle, breaststroke

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| collegeteam = University of Maryland (U.S.)

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|7|28|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Jambyl, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union

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| height = {{convert|1.74|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|60|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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Yelena Alexeyevna Skalinskaya ({{langx|kk|Елена Алексеевна Скалинская}}; born July 28, 1987) is a Kazakh former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle and breaststroke events.{{cite sports-reference|title = Yelena Skalinskaya|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sk/yelena-skalinskaya-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418082017/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sk/yelena-skalinskaya-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 19 April 2013}} She is a five-time national champion and record holder in the same stroke. Skalinskaya is a member of the swimming team for Maryland Terrapins, along with her fellow country teammate Marina Mulyayeva.

Skalinskaya qualified for two swimming events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by clearing FINA B-standard entry times of 26.50 (50 m freestyle) and 58.00 (100 m freestyle) from the Kazakhstan Open Championships in Almaty.{{cite web|title=Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 6)|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000104060049000000FFFFFFFFFFFF00|format=PDF|work=Athens 2004|publisher=Omega Timing|access-date=19 April 2013}}{{cite web|title=Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000104060031000000FFFFFFFFFFFF00|format=PDF|work=Athens 2004|publisher=Omega Timing|access-date=19 April 2013}} In the 100 m freestyle, Skalinskaya challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including three-time Olympian Agnese Ozoliņa of Latvia. She raced to second place and forty-first overall by more than a second behind winner Vanessa García of Puerto Rico in 58.56.{{cite web|title=Women's 100m Freestyle Heat 2|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/swimming/results/3535070.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=18 August 2004|access-date=31 January 2013}}{{cite news|last=Thomas |first=Stephen |title=Women's 100 Freestyle Prelims, Day 5: Inky Leads the Pack with a Swift 54.43 |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7873.asp |publisher=Swimming World Magazine |date=18 August 2004 |access-date=19 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228200618/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7873.asp |archive-date=28 December 2013 }} In the 50 m freestyle, Skalinskaya placed thirty-ninth overall on the last day of preliminaries. Swimming in heat six, she edged out India's Shikha Tandon to take a fifth spot by 0.04 of a second, outside her entry time of 27.04.{{cite web|title=Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 6|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/swimming/results/3535060.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=20 August 2004|access-date=31 January 2013}}{{cite news|last=Thomas |first=Stephen |title=Women's 50 Freestyle, Prelims Day 7: Inky Sizzles in World Best 24.66, Joyce Next in PR 25.06, Jenny Thompson Makes It Too |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7915.asp |publisher=Swimming World Magazine |date=20 August 2004 |access-date=19 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204111631/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7915.asp |archive-date= 4 February 2012 }}