Natalya Shibayeva

Natalya Shibayeva

Personal information
Born	(1968-07-28) 28 July 1968 Kharkiv, Ukraine
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Medal record Competitor for  Soviet Union World Championships Bronze 1986 Madrid 100 m backstroke European Championships Silver 1985 Sofia 4×100 m medley Bronze 1985 Sofia 100 m backstroke

Natalya Vladimirovna Shibayeva (Russian: Наталья Владимировна Шибаева, Ukrainian: Наталія Володимирівна Шибаєва; born 28 July 1968)^[1] is a retired Ukrainian swimmer. She won three medals for the Soviet Union at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships and 1985 European Aquatics Championships.^[2] She also competed in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke events at the 1992 Summer Olympics for the Unified Team, but did not reach the finals.^[3]

She retired from swimming in 1992 and in 1993 graduated from the University of Kharkiv with a degree in history. In 2002 she defended her PhD and then worked as assistant professor in economics at the same university.^[1]

She is married to a former Olympic swimmer and coach Mikhail Zubkov. Their daughter Kateryna Zubkova (born 14 July 1988) is also an Olympic swimmer.^[4]

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