Natalia Pankina
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| Born | 1983 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Natalia ("Natalya") Pankina (Russian: Наталья Панкина, born 1983) is a Russian long distance swimmer. She was the first Russian woman who successfully swam the English Channel in 2007 in a time of 8 h 11 mins.[1]
Natalya is multiple Winner and Medalists for FINA Open Water Grand Prix and World Cups during the period of 1999-2009. She narrowly missed a medal in the 2007 World Championships, coming 5th in the 25 km open water event, just 10 seconds behind 3rd place. As a 1st Russian Woman, Natalya won the Overall at FINA Open Water Grand Prix 2008
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