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