Rima Batalova

Rima Batalova

Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Paralympic Games
Competitor for  Soviet Union
	1988 Seoul	400 metres - B2
	1988 Seoul	800 metres - B2
	1988 Seoul	100 metres - B2
Competitor for  Unified Team
	1992 Barcelona	200 metres - B2
	1992 Barcelona	400 metres - B2
	1992 Barcelona	800 metres - B2
	1992 Barcelona	1500 metres - B2
	1992 Barcelona	100 metres - B2
Competitor for  Russia
	1996 Atlanta	400 metres - T11
	1996 Atlanta	800 metres - T10-11
	1996 Atlanta	1500 metres - T10-11
	1996 Atlanta	3000 metres - T10-11
	2000 Sydney	800 metres - T12
	2000 Sydney	1500 metres - T12
	2000 Sydney	5000 metres - T12
	2004 Athens	800 metres - T12
	2004 Athens	1500 metres - T12

Rima Batalova is a Paralympian athlete from Russia competing mainly in category T12 middle distance events.

Biography

Batalova has competed in six Paralympics, she first competed as part of the Soviet Union team in the 1988 Summer Paralympics where she won golds in the 1500m and 200m and a bronze in the 300m. In barcelona in 1992 competing as part of the Unified team she won a further four gold medals in the 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m as well as silver in the 100m and finishing outside the medals in the 300m. In her next two in 1996 and 2000 she was undeafeted winning 7 gold medals in total including defending her 800m and 1500m titles. In 2004 and 2008 she only competed in the 800m and 1500m but was unable to achieve the same glory with just a silver and bronze in 2004 and nothing in 2008 bringing her tally to 13 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze. ^[1][2]

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