Natalia Roubina
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Natalia Roubina |
| National team |
 Cyprus |
| Born |
19 July 1984 Nicosia, Cyprus |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle, butterfly |
Natalia Roubina (Greek: Ναταλία Ρουμπίνα; born July 19, 1984) is a Cypriot former swimmer, who specialized in middle-distance freestyle and butterfly events.[1] She represented Cyprus, as a 16-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics and at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
Roubina competed only in the women's 200 m butterfly at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She established a Cypriot record and a FINA B-cut of 2:16.41 from the Games of the Small States of Europe in Vaduz, Liechtenstein.[2] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including France's three-time Olympian Cécile Jeanson and Singapore's 15-year-old Christel Bouvron. She held off a sprint battle from Greece's Zampia Melachroinou on the final stretch to move herself up from seventh to a sixth seed in 2:17.01, exactly six-tenths of a second (0.60) below her own national record. Roubina failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirtieth overall in the prelims.[3][4]
At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, Roubina helped the Cypriots earn a seventh spot in the 4×100 m medley relay, finishing with a final time of 4:41.77.[5]
References
- ↑ "Natalia Roubina". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 232. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ↑ "Thorpe helps Aussies to relay gold". Canoe.ca. 18 September 2000. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- ↑ Whitten, Phillip (4 August 2002). "Schoeman Foils Aussie Last Day Sweep at Commonwealth Games; Thorpe Winds Up with 6 Gold, Thomas Bags 5". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 21 June 2013.