Zulfiya Gabidullina
Appearance
Personal information | |
---|---|
Born | 22 November 1965 Taraz, Kazakhstan[1] | (age 58)
Sport | |
Sport | Paralympic swimming |
Disability class | S3 |
Event(s) | Freestyle, backstroke, medley |
Medal record |
Zulfiya Gabidullina (Russian: Зульфия Габидуллина, born 22 November 1965) is a Kazakhstani Paralympic swimmer who competes in the S3 category. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics, aged 50, she won a gold medal in the 100 m freestyle, improving her own world record, and bringing Kazakhstan its only gold medal at the Paralympics. Gabidullina became disabled at the age of five.[2] She is a businesswoman. She took up competitive swimming in 2007 and qualified for the 2012 Paralympics and 2013 and 2015 world championships.[1][3]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zulfiya Gabidullina.
- ^ a b Интересные факты о первой чемпионке Паралимпиады из Казахстана Зульфие Габидуллиной. Tengrinews.kz.
- ^ Первую золотую медаль на Паралимпиаде-2016 завоевала Зульфия Габидуллина. kaztrk.kz
- ^ GABIDULLINA Zulfiya. paralympic.org
Categories:
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Kazakhstani female swimmers
- Female freestyle swimmers
- Female backstroke swimmers
- Female medley swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Kazakhstan
- Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships