Natali Pronina

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Natali Pronina
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Personal information
Full nameNataliya Aleksandrovna Filina
NationalityFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
Born (1987-08-12) 12 August 1987 (age 36)
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Sport Paralympic swimming S12, Breaststroke
EventWomen'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
Medal record
Representing Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
Paralympic Games
Swimming
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 London 100m breaststroke SB12
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 London 200m individual medley SM12
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 London 100m freestyle S12
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 London 100m backstroke S12
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 London 50m freestyle S12

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]

Filina (left) in 2009 Bezhan Griv Filina.jpg
Filina (left) in 2009

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]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Nataliya Filina
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