Maryna Piddubna
Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer
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Maryna Piddubna (born 7 May 1998)[1] is a Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer.
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| Nationality | Ukrainian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 May 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paralympic swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
