Natali Pronina, also known as Nataliya Aleksandrovna Filina (born 12 August 1987,[1] Baku[2]) is an Azerbaijani Olympic[3] and Paralympic swimmer. She swam for Azerbaijan at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and also in three editions of the World Championships (2003, 2005, and 2009). She also won one gold and four silver medals in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, making her Azerbaijan's most successful athlete for those games. She also represented Azerbaijan at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens (as Natalya Filina).[2]
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Nataliya Aleksandrovna Filina |
| Nationality |  Azerbaijan |
| Born | 12 August 1987 Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Paralympic swimming S12, Breaststroke |
| Event | Women's 50 metre Freestyle - S12, Women's 100 metre Freestyle S12, Women's 400 metre Freestyle S12, Women's 100 metre Breaststroke - SB12, Women's 100 metre Backstroke - S12, Women's 200 metre individual medley - SM12 |
Filina qualified for the women's 100 m breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 1:19.49.[4] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat one, including Bolivia's Katerine Moreno, who competed at her third Olympics since 1988. She raced to fourth place by nearly a two-second margin behind winner Moreno in 1:20.21. Filina failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed forty-fourth overall in the preliminaries.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ "London 2012 Paralympic Profile, Natali Pronina". Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
- ^ a b Nataliya Filina
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nataliya Filina". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- ^ "Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ^ "Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ Thomas, Stephen (15 August 2004). "Women's 100 Breaststroke Prelims: Aussies Hanson and Jones Qualify One-Two". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 July 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
External links
edit- Natali Pronina at SwimRankings.net
- Natali Pronina at SwimRankings.net
- Natali Pronina at SwimRankings.net
- Natali Pronina at Olympics.com
- Natali Pronina at Paralympic.org
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