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Rima Akberdinovna Batalova (Russian: Рима Акбердиновна Баталова, born 1 January 1964) is a Russian politician. She was formerly a Paralympian athlete competing mainly in category T12 middle-distance events. Since 2011, she has been a member of the State Duma on the United Russia party list.[1]
Rima Batalova | |
|---|---|
| Рима Баталова | |
 Batalova in 2018 | |
| Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat) | |
| Assumed office 21 December 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1964 Sakty, Bashkir ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Political party | United Russia |
| Children | 1 daughter |
| Education | Ural State Academy of Physical Culture |
| Sports career | |
Medal record | |
Biography
editBatalova has competed in six Paralympics, she first competed as part of the Soviet Union team in the 1988 Summer Paralympics where she won golds in the 1500m and 200m and a bronze in the 300m. In barcelona in 1992 competing as part of the Unified team she won a further four gold medals in the 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m as well as silver in the 100m and finishing outside the medals in the 300m. In her next two in 1996 and 2000 she was undefeated, winning 7 gold medals in total including defending her 800m and 1500m titles. In 2004 and 2008 she only competed in the 800m and 1500m but was unable to achieve the same glory with just a silver and bronze in 2004 and nothing in 2008 bringing her tally to 13 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze. [2][3]
She was elected to the State Duma in 2016. In 2021, Alexander Sidyakin lost his deputy mandate to Batalova.[4]
Sanctions
editBatalova was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War.[5]
She is one of the members of the State Duma the United States Treasury sanctioned on 24 March 2022 in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Энциклопедия: Баталова, Рима Акбердиновна" [Encyclopedia: Batalova, Rima Akberdinovna]. TASS (in Russian). Информационное агентство России ТАСС. Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ profile on paralympic.org
- ^ profile on paralympic.org under alternative spelling
- ^ "В Башкирии гадают, кто займет место Александра Сидякина". ufa.mk.ru (in Russian). 25 November 2021. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
- ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ "U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russia's Defense-Industrial Base, the Russian Duma and Its Members, and Sberbank CEO". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
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