Vitalina Simonova

Vitalina Olegovna Simonova (Russian: Виталина Олеговна Симонова; born 18 September 1992) is a Russian breaststroke swimmer. She finished third in the individual 200 m at the 2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships, but later received a silver medal after the winner, Yuliya Yefimova, failed a doping test.[2] She was also part of the Russian mixed medley relay team that won a bronze medal at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships.

Vitalina Simonova

Simonova at the 2018 Russian National Championships
Personal information
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1992-09-18) 18 September 1992[1] Orsk, Russia
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Club	Babz
Medal record Representing  Russia European championships (LC) 2018 Glasgow 4×100 m medley 2014 Berlin 4×100 m mixed medley relay European championships (SC) 2013 Herning 200 m breaststroke FINA Youth World Swimming Championships 2006 Rio de Janeiro 200 m breaststroke 2006 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m medley 2006 Rio de Janeiro 50 m breaststroke 2006 Rio de Janeiro 100 m breaststroke European Junior Swimming Championships 2007 Antwerp 200 m breaststroke 2007 Antwerp 4×100 m medley 2008 Belgrade 200 m breaststroke 2007 Antwerp 100 m breaststroke 2008 Belgrade 50 m breaststroke

Simonova also competes in the freestyle with fins, and won two world titles in 2012, in the 50 m and 100 m events.[1]

References

1. Симонова Виталина. i-swimmer.ru
2. Yuri Mashkov (13 May 2014) Russian swimmer Yulia Yefimova disqualified for 1 year and 4 months for doping. ITAR-TASS.