Nataliya Samorodina
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Nataliya Anatoliïvna Samorodina |
| National team |
 Ukraine |
| Born |
17 March 1983 Zaporizhia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Butterfly, open water |
| Club | Ukraïna Zaporizhzhia |
Nataliya Anatoliïvna Samorodina (Ukrainian: Наталія Анатоліївна Самородіна; born March 17, 1983) is a Ukrainian former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events and open water marathon.[1] She represented Ukraine in two editions of the Olympic Games (2004 and 2008) and also swam for Ukraïna Zaporizhzhia.
Samorodina made her first Ukrainian team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she competed in the women's 200 m butterfly. Swimming in heat one, she put up a sprint race with neighboring Russia's Maria Bulakhova and Chinese Taipei's Cheng Wan-jung on the final lap, but could not catch them by almost a full-body length to finish third and twenty-seventh overall in 2:17.15.[2][3]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Samorodina shifted her focus from the pool to the open water surface, competing in the inaugural women's 10 km marathon. Leading up to the Games, she placed fourth in the 10 km Marathon Swimming Olympic test event at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.[4][5] Swimming against a field of twenty-four, including South African amputee Natalie du Toit, British duo Keri-Anne Payne and Cassandra Patten, and sixteen-year-old American Chloe Sutton, Samorodina finished the grueling race in twenty-third position with a total time of 2:10:41.6, eleven minutes and thirteen seconds (11:13) behind winner Larisa Ilchenko of Russia.[6]
References
- ↑ "Nataliya Samorodina". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ↑ "Women's 200m Butterfly Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ Thomas, Stephen (17 August 2004). "Women's 200 Butterfly Prelims, Day 4: Jedrzejczak Fastest. Nakanishi, Risztov, Sandeno and Thomas All Qualify". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
- ↑ "Eleven women qualify for first Olympic 10km swim". Women Sport Report. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ↑ "Open Water Test Event: Chloe Sutton Wins 10K, Qualifies for Olympics". Swimming World Magazine. 30 May 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- ↑ "Women's Marathon 10km". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 5 December 2012.