Natalia Roubina

Natalia Roubina
Personal information
Full name Natalia Roubina
National team  Cyprus
Born (1984-07-19) 19 July 1984
Nicosia, Cyprus
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, butterfly

Natalia Roubina (Greek: Ναταλία Ρουμπίνα; born July 19, 1984) is a Cypriot former swimmer, who specialized in middle-distance freestyle and butterfly events.[1] She represented Cyprus, as a 16-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics and at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

Roubina competed only in the women's 200 m butterfly at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She established a Cypriot record and a FINA B-cut of 2:16.41 from the Games of the Small States of Europe in Vaduz, Liechtenstein.[2] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including France's three-time Olympian Cécile Jeanson and Singapore's 15-year-old Christel Bouvron. She held off a sprint battle from Greece's Zampia Melachroinou on the final stretch to move herself up from seventh to a sixth seed in 2:17.01, exactly six-tenths of a second (0.60) below her own national record. Roubina failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirtieth overall in the prelims.[3][4]

At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, Roubina helped the Cypriots earn a seventh spot in the 4×100 m medley relay, finishing with a final time of 4:41.77.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Natalia Roubina". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 232. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Thorpe helps Aussies to relay gold". Canoe.ca. 18 September 2000. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  5. ↑ Whitten, Phillip (4 August 2002). "Schoeman Foils Aussie Last Day Sweep at Commonwealth Games; Thorpe Winds Up with 6 Gold, Thomas Bags 5". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 21 June 2013.

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