Maryna Piddubna

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

Maryna Piddubna
Personal information
NationalityUkrainian
Born (1998-05-07) May 7, 1998
Sport
SportParalympic swimming
Medal record
Women's para swimming
Representing  Ukraine
Summer Paralympics
2016 Rio50 metre freestyle S11
World Para Swimming Championships
2019 London50m freestyle S11 event
2019 London100 metre freestyle S11
2019 London200 metre individual medley SM11
2013 Montreal100 metre backstroke
2015 Glasgow100 metre backstroke
2019 London100 metre backstroke S11
World Para Swimming European Championships
2018 Dublin50 metre freestyle S11
2018 Dublin100 metre freestyle S11
2018 Dublin200 metre individual medley
2014 Eindhoven100 metre backstroke
2018 Dublin100 metre backstroke S11

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]

References
  1. "Maryna Piddubna". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. "Maryna Piddubna - Swimming | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  3. Echegaray, Luis Miguel; Smyth, Rob; Steinberg, Jacob; Steinberg, Jacob (13 September 2016). "Paralympics 2016: Ellie Simmonds wins 200m IM gold with world record – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  4. "2014 IPC Swimming European Championships - (Swimming) Biography - Overview : PIDDUBNA Maryna". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  5. "Dublin 2018 - Live Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
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