Anastasia Valeryevna Zuyeva

Anastasia Zueva

Personal information
Nationality	Russia
Born	(1990-05-08) 8 May 1990 Voskresensk, Russia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke
Club	Armi Russia
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for  Russia Olympic Games Silver 2012 London 200 m backstroke World Championships (LC) Gold 2011 Shanghai 50 m backstroke Silver 2009 Rome 100 m backstroke Silver 2009 Rome 200 m backstroke Silver 2011 Shanghai 100 m backstroke European Championships (LC) Gold 2008 Eindhoven 50 m backstroke Gold 2008 Eindhoven 100 m backstroke Silver 2008 Eindhoven 200 m backstroke Silver 2008 Eindhoven 4×100 m medley European Championships (SC) Gold 2011 Szczecin 50 m backstroke Silver 2011 Szczecin 100 m backstroke Silver 2011 Szczecin 4×50 m medley Summer Universiade Gold 2013 Kazan 50 m backstroke Gold 2013 Kazan 100 m backstroke Gold 2013 Kazan 4×100 m medley

Anastasia Valeryevna Zuyeva, also spelled "Zueva" (Russian: Анастасия Валерьевна Зуева; born 8 May 1990), is a Russian swimmer who holds the Russian national records for the 50, 100 and 200 metres backstroke events. She swam for Russia at the 2008 Olympics^[2] and the 2012 Olympics. At the 2012 Games, she won a silver medal in the 200 m backstroke.

In 2009, she swam under the existing world record in the women's long-course 50 m backstroke 3 times; however, two of these 3 times have not been approved as the world record, and the third, as of July 2009, is a likely candidate to not be approved as well.^[3]

Almost WRs in April 2009

On 28 April 2009 at the 2009 Russian Championships, Zueva twice swam under the existing world record in the women's long-course 50 m backstroke of 27.67 by Australia's Sophie Edington. In prelims of the meet, Zueva clocked a 27.48 to lead qualifying for the final, where she won the event in 27.47.^[4][5] However, on 29 June 2009, FINA announced they were not recognizing either of these two swims by Zueva as the world record.^[6] This subsequently became problematic, as Zueva swam a 27.56 at the Monte Carlo meet of the 2009 Mare Nostrum series on 14 June 2009.^[7] This time by Zueva was not viewed as a world record at the time of the meet, as it is slower than either time she swam in April at the Russian Championships; however, the time is still faster than Edington's world record time. Zueva's time from Monaco now becomes the next candidate for the world record, but reports indicate that this time will also not be approved as the world record as Zueva was not drug tested at the time of the swim because she did not break what was thought to be the world record (and all world record applications must have a cleared drug-test for approval). Zueva also lost-out on a world record prize money bonus from the meet organizers.^[3]

Achievements

In March 2008, she set the European records in winning the 50 m and 100 m backstrokes (28.05 and 59.41) at the 2008 European Championships.^[8]

At the 2008 Olympics, she set and held the Olympic record in the women's 100 m backstroke (59.61) for a heat during the preliminary rounds of the event.^[9]>. At the 2012 Olympics, she won her first medal, a silver in the 200 m backstroke.

Olympic Results

• Beijing 2008:
  • Women's 100 Metres Backstroke Final, 5th
  • Women's 200 Metres Backstroke Final, 4th
  • Women's 4 x 100 Metres Medley Relay Final, 5th
• London 2012:
  • Women's 100 Metres Backstroke Final, 4th
  • Women's 200 Metres Backstroke Final, 2nd
  • Women's 4 x 100 Metres Medley Relay Final, 4th

References

Records
Preceded by Kirsty Coventry	Women's 100 metre backstroke world record holder (long course) 27 July 2009 – 28 July 2009	Succeeded by Gemma Spofforth
Sporting positions
Preceded by Sophie Edington	Mare Nostrum Tour Overall Winner 2009	Succeeded by Rebecca Soni

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