Natalia Pankina
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Medal record | |||
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women's swimming | |||
Competitor for Russia | |||
European Championships | |||
Bronze | 2002 Potsdam | 25km Open Water | |
Silver | 2004 Madrid | 25km Open Water | |
Silver | 2006 Budapest | 25km Open Water |
Natalia (Natalya) Pankina is a Russian long distance swimmer. She successfully swam the English Channel in 2007 in a time of 8 h 11 mins.[1]. She narrowly missed a medal in the 2007 World Championships, coming 5th in the 25km Open Water event, just 10 seconds behind 3rd place.