Natalia Deeva

Natalia Deeva (born 29 December 1979) is a Belarusian deaf female swimmer. She has competed at the Deaflympics on six occasions, the most appearances by a Deaflympic competitor representing Belarus at the Deaflympics.[1][2] She is notable for breaking three deaf swimming world records in a single day at the 2007 World Deaf Swimming Championships.[3][4]

Natalia Deeva
Natalia Deeva winning the 2007 ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award
Personal information
Nationality Belarus
Born (1979-12-29) December 29, 1979
Sport
SportSwimming

Career

Natalia made her Deaflympic debut at the age of 17 in the 1997 Summer Deaflympics which was held in Copenhagen. Since then, she has never missed a single Deaflympic event as she further competed at the multi-sport event in 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017. Natalia has claimed 13 medals in her Deaflympic career, including four gold medals.

Natalia was awarded the ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award in 2007 after breaking three deaf swimming world records while clinching three gold medals in a single day.[5] However her deaf world records which were set by her in 2007 later shattered at the 2011 World Deaf Swimming Championships.

2001 Summer Deaflympics

After making her Deaflympic debut at the 1997 Summer Deaflympics, she went onto participate at the Rome Deaflympics claiming bronze medals in the women's 100m breaststroke and women's 4x100m freestyle relay events.[6][7][8]

2009 Summer Deaflympics

Natalia Deeva managed to claim her first Deaflympic gold medal in the women's 50m breaststroke event.[9] She also claimed gold medal in the women's 4x100m medley relay event.[10]

References
  1. "Natalia Deeva | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
  2. "Deaflympics 2017 Samsun". www.deaflympics2017.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 2018-01-10.
  3. "World Deaf Swimming Championships: Two World Deaf Records Fall on Day One - Swimming World News". Swimming World News. 2011-08-08. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
  4. "Six Deaf World Records Fall at World Deaf Swimming Championships - Swimming World News". Swimming World News. 2007-08-16. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
  5. "2007 ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
  6. "Women's 100m breaststroke | 2001 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
  7. "Women's 4×100m freestyle relay | 2001 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
  8. "International Deaflympics - Meet Results - Swimming World". www.swimmingworldmagazine.com. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
  9. "Women's 50m breaststroke | 2009 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
  10. "DEAFLYMPICS TAIPEI 2009: Relay team storm to athletics bronze - Taipei Times". www.taipeitimes.com. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
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