Vitalina Simonova

Vitalina Simonova

Personal information
Born	1992 (age 24) [1] Orsk, Russia
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	Babz
Medal record Representing  Russia European championships (LC) 2014 Berlin 4×100 m mixed medley relay European championships (SC) 2013 Herning 200 m breaststroke FINA Youth World Swimming Championships 2006 Rio de Janeiro 200 m breaststroke 2006 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m medley 2006 Rio de Janeiro 50 m breaststroke 2006 Rio de Janeiro 100 m breaststroke European Junior Swimming Championships 2007 Antwerp 200 m breaststroke 2007 Antwerp 4×100 m medley 2008 Belgrade 200 m breaststroke 2007 Antwerp 100 m breaststroke 2008 Belgrade 50 m breaststroke Russian Swimming Championships 2007 Moscow 200 m breaststroke 2014 Moscow 100 m breaststroke 2014 Moscow 200 m breaststroke 2006 Moscow 50 m breaststroke 2006 Moscow 100 m breaststroke 2006 Penza 200 m breaststroke 2006 Moscow 4×100 m medley 2007 Moscow 100 m breaststroke 2008 Moscow 4*200 m freestyle 2011 Moscow 100 m freestyle 2013 Moscow 200 m breaststroke 2014 Moscow 200 m medley 2015 Moscow 200 m breaststroke 2006 Penza 4×100 m medley 2008 Moscow 200 m medley 2009 Moscow 50 m breaststroke 2009 Moscow 100 m breaststroke 2015 Moscow 100 m breaststroke

Vitalina Olegovna Simonova (Russian: Виталина Олеговна Симонова; born 8 September 1992) is a Russian breaststroke swimmer. She finished third in the individual 200 m at the 2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships, but later received a silver medal after the winner, Yuliya Yefimova, failed a doping test.^[2] She was also part of the Russian mixed medley relay team that won a bronze medal at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships.

Simonova also competes in the freestyle with fins, and won two world titles in 2012, in the 50 m and 100 m events.^[1]

References

1. Симонова Виталина. i-swimmer.ru
2. Yuri Mashkov (13 May 2014) Russian swimmer Yulia Yefimova disqualified for 1 year and 4 months for doping. ITAR-TASS.