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| Nationality | Russian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2004-11-17)17 November 2004 (age 20) St. Petersburg, Russia[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Evgeniia Igorevna Chikunova (Russian:Евгения Игоревна Чикунова; born 17 November 2004) is a Russianswimmer.[1] She competed in thewomen's 100 metre breaststroke,200 metre breaststroke, and4 × 100 metre medley relay at the2020 Summer Olympics.[2][3][4]
In 2019 she broke thejunior world record for the 200 metre breaststroke (short course) with a time of 2:17.71 and broke her own record twice in 2021 with a time of 2:17.57 and then 2:16.88.[5][6]
On 19 April 2023, at theyear's Russian National Championships conducted in long course metres at thePalace of Water Sports inKazan, Chikunova won the gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke with a personal best time of 1:04.92, which was a world-leading time for the 2023 year (fastest time by a female swimmer in-competition in the 2023 year up through the time of the swim).[7][8][9] In the final of the 200 metre breaststroke two days later, she won the gold medal with a personal best time of 2:17.55, which was 1.40 seconds faster than theworld record in the event.[10][11][12][13][14]
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| Preceded by | World Record Holder Women's 200 Breaststroke 21 April 2023 – present | Succeeded by Incumbent |
