Anastasia Diodorova, (Russian: Анастасия Алексеевна Диодорова), is a

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swimmer from

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competing mainly in category S6 events.

Career

Anastasia competed in both the 2004 and

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was f ...

winning a silver medal. In 2004, she competed in the 100m backstroke and 50m butterfly finishing fourth in the final of both events. In 2008, she finished fourth in the final of the 100m backstroke, eighth in the final of the 200m individual medley, in the 50m butterfly she won a silver medal behind Fuying Jiang of China who set a new world record but ahead of Ukraine's Olena Akopyan who had set a world record in the heats that Anastasia swam faster than in the final.

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