Valeria Andreyevna Shabalina (russian: Валерия Андреевна Шабалина; born 9 June 1995) is a Russian
Paralympic swimmer
Para swimming is an adaptation of the sport of swimming for athletes with disabilities. Para swimmers compete at the Summer Paralympic Games and at other sports competitions throughout the world. The sport is governed by the International Para ...
who competes in international level events. She is a three-time
Paralympic
The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...
champion. Furthermore, she has won multiple medals in both
World Para Swimming Championships
The World Para Swimming Championships, known before 30 November 2016 as the IPC Swimming World Championships, are the world championships for swimming where athletes with a disability compete. They are organised by the International Paralympic C ...
and
INAS Global Games The INAS Global Games is a quadrennial global, international multi-sport event organised by the International Sports Federation for Persons with Intellectual Disability (INAS). First organised in 2004, it is intended for elite competition in disabil ...
. She is a Merited Master of Sports of Russia.
Валерия Шабалина
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1995 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Chelyabinsk
Paralympic swimmers of Russia
Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships
Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships
Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic medalists in swimming
Paralympic gold medalists for the Russian Paralympic Committee athletes
Paralympic silver medalists for the Russian Paralympic Committee athletes
Russian female freestyle swimmers
Russian female backstroke swimmers
Russian female breaststroke swimmers
Russian female butterfly swimmers
Russian female medley swimmers
S14-classified Paralympic swimmers
20th-century Russian women
21st-century Russian women