Natalya Shibayeva

Career

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. She retired from swimming in 1992 and in 1993 graduated from the University of Kharkiv with a degree in history. Their daughter Kateryna Zubkova (born 14 July 1988) is also an Olympic swimmer.

Achievements

• She won three medals for the Soviet Union at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships and 1985 European Aquatics Championships.

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In 2002 she defended her Doctor of Philosophy and then worked as assistant professor in economics at the same university.