Natali Pronina

Natali Pronina

Personal information
Nationality	Azerbaijani
Born	12 August 1987 Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Sport	Paralympic swimming S12, Breaststroke
Event(s)	Women's 50 metre Freestyle - S12, Women's 100 metre Freestyle S12, Women's 400 metre Freestyle S12, Women's 100 metre Breaststroke - SB12, Women's 100 metre Backstroke - S12, Women's 200 metre individual medley - SM12
Medal record Representing  Azerbaijan Paralympic Games Swimming 2012 London 100m breaststroke SB12 2012 London 200m individual medley SM12 2012 London 100m freestyle S12 2012 London 100m backstroke S12 2012 London 50m freestyle S12

Natali Pronina, also known as Nataliya Filina (born 12 August 1987,^[1] Baku^[2]) is an Azerbaijani Olympic^[3] and Paralympic swimmer. She swam for Azerbaijan at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and also in three editions of the World Championships (2003, 2005, and 2009). She also won one gold and four silver medals in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, making her Azerbaijan's most successful athlete for those games. She also represented Azerbaijan at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens (as Natalya Filina).^[2]

Filina (left) in 2009

Filina qualified for the women's 100 m breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 1:19.49.^[4] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat one, including Bolivia's Katerine Moreno, who competed at her third Olympics since 1988. She raced to fourth place by nearly a two-second margin behind winner Moreno in 1:20.21. Filina failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed forty-fourth overall in the preliminaries.^[5][6]

References

1. "London 2012 Paralympic Profile, Natali Pronina". Retrieved 1 October 2012.
2. Nataliya Filina
3. "Nataliya Filina". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
4. "Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
5. "Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
6. Thomas, Stephen (15 August 2004). "Women's 100 Breaststroke Prelims: Aussies Hanson and Jones Qualify One-Two". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2013.