Maryna Verbova

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Maryna Verbova
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Maryna Verbova (2016)
Personal information
Born (1998-08-05) 5 August 1998 (age 24)
Sport
Country Ukraine
Sport Paralympic swimming
Disability Cerebral palsy
Disability class S4
Medal record
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro 50 m backstroke S4

Maryna Verbova (born 5 August 1998) is a Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer competing in S4-classification events. She represented Ukraine at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and she won the bronze medal in the women's 50 metre backstroke S4 event. [1] She also competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.

She won the silver medal in the women's 50 metre backstroke S4 event at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships held in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. [2]

At the 2018 World Para Swimming European Championships she won the gold medal in the women's 150 metres individual medley S4 and the silver medal in the women's 50 metres backstroke S4 event.

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References

  1. "Maryna Verbova". paralympic.org.
  2. "Women's 50m Backstroke S4 Final" (PDF). IPC. 10 August 2014. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.