About this episode
Anastasia Gorbenko is an 18 year old professional swimmer from Israel. She holds nearly every Israeli swimming national record and was the first female to ever swim in an Olympic Final (100 Back, Tokyo). An extremely versatile swimmer, Anastasia is the reigning European Champion in the Women's 200 IM, both long course (2020) & short course (2021). Currently, she swims for the LA Current of the International Swimming League (ISL). She just won her first Skins race against Alia Atkinson in the Playoffs. 00:00 Swimming Sponsors 03:30 Hello Anastasia Gorbenko 04:30 Winning the SKINS 06:00 European Champion 07:00 Early years 08:15 Olympic Final 09:15 Israeli Swimming 10:35 Team Elite 12:00 Competitive 13:50 Language barrier 14:50 Israeli Records 16:00 Recovery 17:20 College swimming 19:30 Military service 25:00 Yoav Bruck 26:30 Ukrainian parents 27:15 Intl Swimming League 29:00 Katinka Hosszu 30:00 Mental v. Physical 32:00 Confidence 33:30 Paris 2024 35:20 Surfing 36:15 Cat person 38:40 COVID in Eindhoven Enjoy! Support Our Sponsors: AQUAVOLO DRAG SOX : Build power and strength in the water with Drag Sox made by AquaVolo. Use code "brett" at checkout and receive 10% off. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim Angelfish, the global leader in adaptive swim. Get certified online today! SUPERIOR SWIM TIMING : Run a swim meet with ease from your laptop. SST is fully compatible with Hy-Tek and Team Unify as well as Colorado, Daktronics, and Omega touchpads. Tell them Brett sent you! DESTRO SWIM TOWERS : Save $150 per double swim tower by using the code "brett" at checkout! SWIMNERD LIVE : Create an interactive heat sheet. Stream your swim meet scoreboard in real time over top your live stream. Turn any tv into a digital scoreboard. Subscribe & Listen: Apple Podcasts Google Spotify YouTube Produced by: SWIMNERD Supported by: Fitter & Faster #swimming #swimcoach #iswimleague