Viktoriia Savtsova (born 10 December 1997) is a Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer. She competed at the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

, winning a gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke S6 event, and at the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

where she won silver medals in the 50 metre freestyle S6, 100 metre freestyle S6 and 100 metre breaststroke SB5 events. Savtsova also competed at the

2013 IPC Swimming World Championships The 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships was an international swimming competition, the biggest meet for athletes with a disability since the 2012 Summer Paralympics. It was held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and lasted from 12 to 18 August. Around ...

where she broke the world record and won a gold medal in the 50 metre freestyle event and won silver medals in the 100 metre breaststroke event and the 4 x 50 metre freestyle relay. She also won silver medals in the

100 metre freestyle The 100 metre freestyle is often considered to be the highlight (Blue Ribbon event) of the sport of swimming, like 100 metres in the sport of Athletics. The first swimmer to break the one-minute barrier (long course) was Johnny Weissmuller, in 1 ...

and 50 metre freestyle events at the 2015 Championships.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Savtsova, Viktoriia 1997 births Living people Ukrainian female freestyle swimmers S6-classified Paralympic swimmers Paralympic swimmers of Ukraine Paralympic gold medalists for Ukraine Paralympic silver medalists for Ukraine Paralympic medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships Ukrainian female breaststroke swimmers