Darya Shmeleva

Darya Shmeleva

Personal information
Born	(1976-05-28) 28 May 1976
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	CSKA Volgograd
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for  Russia European Championships 1993 Sheffield 200 m medley 1993 Sheffield 400 m medley

Darya Viktorovna Shmelyova (Russian: Дарья Викторовна Шмелёва; born 28 May 1976) is a retired Russian swimmer who won silver medals in the 200 m and 400 m medley at the 1993 European Aquatics Championships.^[1] She competed in the same events at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 1991 and 1995 European championships, but finished outside the medals.^[2]

In early 1997 she married the renowned Russian swimmer Alexander Popov,^[2] and since then lived with him for years in Australia, Switzerland and Russia.^[3] They have two sons, Vladimir (b. 1997) and Anton (b. 2000), and a daughter, Mia (b. 22 December 2010).^[4]

References