Maryna Piddubna

Maryna Piddubna (born 7 May 1998)[1] is a Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer.

Maryna Piddubna
Personal information
NationalityUkrainian
Born (1998-05-07) May 7, 1998
Sport
SportParalympic swimming

Career

Piddubna has a visual impairment and competes in S11-class races.[2]

She competed at the 2012 Paralympic Games[2] and won a bronze medal at the 2016 Paralympic Games in the 50 metre freestyle S11 event. Liesette Bruinsma from the Netherlands also won a bronze medal in the race as they both finished in 31.23 seconds.[3]

She won bronze medals at the World Para Swimming Championships in 2013 and 2015 both of which were in the 100 metre backstroke S11 event.[2] She competed again in 2019 where she won a gold medal in the 50m freestyle S11 event, silver medals in the 100 metre freestyle S11 and 200 metre individual medley SM11 events and a bronze medal in the 100 metre backstroke S11 event.[1]

She also competed at the World Para Swimming European Championships in 2014, where she won a bronze medal in the 100 metre backstroke S11 event[4] and in 2018 where she won a gold medal and broke the world record in the 50 metre freestyle S11,[2] won silver medals in the 100 metre freestyle S11 and 200 metre individual medley events and won a bronze medal in the 100 metre backstroke S11 event.[5]

She was awarded with the Order of Princess Olga, third class, for her performance at the 2016 Paralympic Games.[2]

References

  1. "Maryna Piddubna". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. "Maryna Piddubna - Swimming | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  3. Echegaray, Luis Miguel; Smyth, Rob; Steinberg, Jacob; Steinberg, Jacob (13 September 2016). "Paralympics 2016: Ellie Simmonds wins 200m IM gold with world record – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  4. "2014 IPC Swimming European Championships - (Swimming) Biography - Overview : PIDDUBNA Maryna". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  5. "Dublin 2018 - Live Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
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