Nataliya Dmitriyevna Shalagina (russian: Наталья Дмитриевна Шалагина; born 1 September 1983) is a Russian former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events. She is a 2003 Russian swimming champion in the 100 m freestyle, and a two-time relay medalist at the Russian Championships (2003 and 2004). Shalagina is a member of PK Yekaterinburg, and is coached and trained by her father Dmitry Shalagin. Shalagina qualified for two swimming events at the

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by clearing a FINA A-standard entry time of 1:59.98 (200 m freestyle) from the Russian Championships in Moscow. In the 200 m freestyle, Shalagina challenged seven other swimmers on the fifth heat, including top medal favorite Federica Pellegrini of Italy. She edged out Brazil's

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to take a seventh spot and twenty-first overall by 0.54 of a second in 2:02.37. Shalagina also teamed up with Oxana Verevka,

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, and

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in the 4×100 m medley relay. Swimming the freestyle leg, Shalagina recorded a time of 57.60, and the Russians finished the second heat in seventh spot and twelfth overall with a final time of 4:10.18.

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1983 births Living people Russian female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Russia Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Russian female freestyle swimmers Summer World University Games medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Yekaterinburg FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub