Erla Dogg Haraldsdottir

Who is Erla Dogg Haraldsdottir?

Erla Dögg Haraldsdóttir is an Icelandic swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke and individual medley events. She is a 24-time Icelandic champion and holds 11 records in the same stroke.

Haraldsdottir qualified for two swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by clearing FINA B-standard entry times of 1:10.66 from the Mare Nostrum Arena International Meet in Canet-en-Roussillon, France, and 2:18.74 from the Icelandic Championships in Reykjavík. In the 100 m breaststroke, she challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, including three-time Olympian Smiljana Marinović of Croatia. She finished behind Brazil's Tatiane Sakemi in sixth place and fortieth overall by three hundredths of a second in 1:11.78. The following day, Haraldsdottir took the fourth spot in heat one of the 200 m individual medley in 2:20.53, less than two seconds behind three-time Olympian Sherry Tsai of Hong Kong. Haraldsdottir failed to qualify for the semifinals, as she placed thirty-fifth overall in the preliminary heats.