Yuliya Yefimova

Yuliya Andreyevna Yefimova (russian: Юлия Андреевна Ефимова, also romanized Efimova; born 3 April 1992) is a Russian competitive swimmer. She is the Russian record holder in the 200 metre individual medley (short course), 50 metre breaststroke (short course and long course), 100 metre breaststroke (short course and long course), and 200 metre breaststroke (short course and long course). After making her Olympic debut in 2008, she went on to win the bronze medal in the 200 metre breaststroke in 2012, and silver medals in the 100 metre and 200 metre breaststroke in 2016. She is a six-time World Champion, winning the 50 metre breaststroke in 2009 and 2013, the 100 metre breaststroke in 2015, and the 200 metre breaststroke in 2013, 2017, and 2019. In 2019, she became the first woman to win the 200 metre breaststroke at a FINA World Aquatics Championships three times. She is a former world record holder in the long course 50 metre breaststroke. She has won 109 medals, including 48 gold medals, at Swimming World Cups.

After failing a drug test, Yefimova was disqualified from competition for 16 months, from October 2013 to February 2015, was stripped of her results and medals at the 2013 European Short Course Championships, and four of her world short-course records were invalidated.

Personal life

Yefimova was born in Grozny. However, due to the First Chechen War, her family moved to Volgodonsk soon after. There she took up swimming at the age of six, coached by her father Andrey Yefimov. Until 2011, she lived in Taganrog, where she trained under Irina Vyatchanina and studied at the Southern Federal University.Yulia Efimova
. nbcolympics.com/ In March 2011, she moved to California, United States, where she was coached by Dave Salo, the head coach of the University of Southern California swimming team.

Swimming career

2007–2009: World record at 17 years of age

Yefimova's first notable achievement was winning the 50 metre, 100 metre, and 200 metre breaststroke titles at the 2007 European Short Course Swimming Championships. At 15 years of age, she set her first European record and Russian national record in the short course 200 metre breaststroke with her time of 2:19.08 in the final that won her the gold medal in the event. LEN (14 December 2007)
"European Short Course Swimming Championships Debrecen 2007: Women's 200m Breaststroke Finals Results"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 19 October 2021. At the 2008 European Aquatics Championships she was the gold medalist in the 200 metre breaststroke and the silver medalist in the 50 metre breaststroke. Yefimova competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing when she was 16, placing fourth in the 100 metre breaststroke and fifth in the 200 metre breaststroke. In the prelims heats of the 100 metre breaststroke, she ranked second overall, swimming a new European record and Russian record time of 1:06.08 and finishing behind only Leisel Jones of Australia."2008 Olympic Games Results"
''USA Swimming''. 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2021. At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy, Yefimova won the gold medal in the 50 metre breaststroke in a world record time of 30.09 seconds at 17 years of age.FINA (2 August 2009)
"13th FINA World Championships 2009 Rome (ITA): Women's 50m Breaststroke Final Results"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

2010–2013

Yefimova won gold medals at the 2010 European Aquatics Championships in the 50 metre and 100 metre breaststroke events. The following year, at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, she won the silver medal in the 200 metre breaststroke with a Russian record time of 2:22.22, finishing less than one second behind the gold medalist in the event Rebecca Soni of the United States."Ryan Lochte wins 3rd and 4th golds at swim worlds"
'' Deseret News''. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2022."Swimming-Soni wins 200 breaststroke world title, completes 100-200 double"
''Reuters''. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2022."Soni wins women's 200 breaststroke at worlds"
''Taiwan News''. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2022. In 2012, she earned the bronze medal in the 200 metre breaststroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics with a new European record time of 2:20.92.Omega Timing; Atos; Acer (10 August 2012)
"2012 Olympic Games: Official results book Swimming"
''USA Swimming''. Retrieved 19 October 2021. A year later, at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Yefimova triumphed in the 200 metre breaststroke with a time of 2:19.41.FINA (2 August 2013)
"15th FINA World Championships Barcelona (ESP): Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 19 October 2021. In the 50 metre breaststroke prelims heats, she achieved a new world record of 29.78 seconds.FINA (3 August 2013)
"15th FINA World Championships 2013 Barcelona (ESP): Women's 50m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 17 October 2021. She won the finals, finishing first in 29.52 seconds.Women's 50m Breaststroke Final
5th FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Barcelona (ESP) 19 July – 4 August 2013. Omega Timing.

Suspension, disqualifications

In January 2014, it was announced that Yefimova had failed an out of competition drug test in October 2013. Her positive test was for DHEA, an endogenous steroid hormone banned in professional sports.Russian Olympic Medal-Winning Swimmer Efimova Fails Doping Test – Report
En.ria.ru (17 January 2014). Retrieved 8 September 2016. On 13 May 2014, she was disqualified by FINA for 16 months, from 31 October 2013 to 28 February 2015. She was stripped of her results and medals at the 2013 European Short Course Championships. Her four world short-course records (two relays and the 50 metre and 200 metre breaststroke set in November/December 2013) were also invalidated.

2015 World Aquatics Championships

In August 2015, after 16 months of disqualification due to the positive drug test, Yefimova competed at the World Aquatics Championships in Kazan. She won a gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 1:05.66 that was seven tenths of a second faster than the next fastest swimmer, Rūta Meilutytė of Lithuania.FINA (4 August 2015)
"16th FINA World Championships Kazan (RUS): Women's 100m Breaststroke Final Results"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 16 October 2021. In the 50 metre breaststroke Yefimova won the bronze medal at 30.13 seconds.FINA (9 August 2015)
"16th FINA World Championships Kazan (RUS): Women's 50m Breaststroke Final Results"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 16 October 2021. In the 200 metre breaststroke she placed 17th in the prelims heats with a time of 2:26.11 and did not advance to the semifinals.FINA (6 August 2015)
"16th FINA World Championships Kazan (RUS): Women's 200m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 16 October 2021. She also placed fifth in the 4 × 100 metre mixed medley relay, splitting a 1:05.46 for the breaststroke leg of the relay.FINA (5 August 2015)
"16th FINA World Championships Kazan (RUS): Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 16 October 2021.

2016

Between 15 February and 30 March 2016, Yefimova tested positive for meldonium six times in total. She was provisionally suspended from international competition by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) on 14 March. With no research on how long the drug stayed in a person's system, she was not banned or given a suspension. In June 2016, Yefimova returned to competition at the Los Angeles Invitational, winning the 200 metre breaststroke with a time of 2:22.77.

2016 Summer Olympics

Yefimova was the silver medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 100 metre breaststroke and 200 metre breaststroke. She also helped set a new Russian national record as part of the 4 × 100 metre medley relay that placed sixth with a time of 3:55.66 in the finals, splitting the fastest breaststroke leg of all finals relays with a time of 1:04.98.Mendes, Rodrigo (19 August 2016)
"Rio 2016 Swimming 6 - 13: Results Book"
''Omega Timing''; ''Atos''. Version 1.1. Retrieved 19 October 2021.

Yefimova's participation in the 2016 Summer Olympics was controversial due to doping within the Russian Olympic team. She was initially banned from participation due to her previous doping suspension, but this ban was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, allowing her to compete. During the Games, she was booed by spectators during each of her races. Yefimova was also criticized for taking performance-enhancing drugs by other swimmers, including Lilly King, who won the gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke. Yefimova won the silver, and during the news conference afterwards, she was "on the verge of tears from the opening question about the boos directed at her."Clarey, Christopher; Crouse, Karen (9 August 2016
"In the Olympic Pool, Contempt for Drug Cheats Rises to the Surface"
''The New York Times''. After Yefimova won silver in the 100 metre breaststroke, ESPN pushed back directly against her presence at the 2016 Olympic Games, stating "Yulia Efimova shouldn't have been in Rio at all".Ford, Bonnie D. (8 August 2016)
"Lilly King bangs drum, but others need to clean up the mess"
''ESPN''. Retrieved 16 October 2021. The treatment of Yefimova was also covered by ''The Washington Post'', which pointed out the asymmetry in how people responded to Yefimova competing at the 2016 Summer Olympics compared to the response when Jessica Hardy of the United States competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.Jenkins, Sally (10 August 2016)
"In vilifying Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova, Americans are splashing murky waters"
''The Washington Post''. Retrieved 8 December 2021.

2017

At the 2017 New South Wales State Open Championships in March in Sydney, Australia, Yefimova won the 200 metre breaststroke event with a time of 2:28.80. She also won the 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 1:06.55. A month later, she won the 50 metre breaststroke at the 2017 Russian Championships with a time of 29.88 seconds.

2017 World Aquatics Championships

In July, at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Yefimova won the bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke in 1:05.05, finishing 0.92 seconds after the gold medalist, Lilly King, and 0.02 seconds after the silver medalist, Katie Meili.FINA (25 July 2017)
"17th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 100m Breaststroke Final Results Summary"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 12 January 2022. Her time of 1:04.36 in the semifinals set a new Russian record in the event.Lepesant, Anne (24 July 2017)
"Efimova Misses 100 Breast WR By .01 (Then Wags Finger…)"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 23 May 2022.Ross, Andy (24 July 2017)
"Yulia Efimova Gets Within 0.01 of 100 Breast World Record in Semi-Finals; Lilly King Right Behind Her"
''Swimming World''. Retrieved 23 May 2022.Woods, David (24 July 2017)
"Lilly King and Yulia Efimova resume finger-wagging battle"
''IndyStar''. Retrieved 23 May 2022. Three days later, she won the 200 metre breaststroke in 2:19.64, which was over two seconds faster than the next fastest swimmer and silver medalist in the event, Bethany Galat, and gave her the fifth World Championships title of her career."Yuliya Efimova wins women's 200m breaststroke title at Budapest"
''EFE''. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2022.FINA (28 July 2017)
"17th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results Summary"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 12 January 2022."Efimova wins fifth career world swimming gold"
''France 24''. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2022. In the 4 × 100 metre medley relay, Yefimova won a silver medal and set a new European record and a new national record with her relay teammates in a time of 3:53.58; she split the fastest breaststroke leg out of all finals relays by over four tenths of a second with a time of 1:04.03. For the 50 metre breaststroke Yefimova won the silver medal in a time of 29.57 seconds, which was less than two tenths of a second slower than gold medalist Lilly King and over four tenths of a second faster than bronze medalist Katie Meili.FINA (30 July 2017)
"17th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 50m Breaststroke Final Results Summary"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 12 January 2022. In the 200 metre individual medley, Yefimova placed 14th in the semifinals with a time of 2:12.88 and did not qualify for the final.FINA (23 July 2017)
"17th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 200m Individual Medley Semifinals Results Summary"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

2018 European Aquatics Championships

In August 2018, at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships, held at Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, Yefimova won the gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke with a championships record time of 1:05.53 in the final, breaking her own championships record she set in the semifinals at 1:05.87. LEN (9 August 2018)
"Glasgow 2018 European Aquatics Championships Swimming: Complete Results"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 14 December 2021. In the 4 × 100 metre mixed medley relay, Yefimova split a 1:05.07 for the breaststroke leg of the relay, helping achieve a time of 3:42.71 with Kliment Kolesnikov, Svetlana Chimrova, and Vladimir Morozov to win the silver medal and set a new Russian record. LEN (6 August 2018)
"2018 LEN European Aquatics Championships Swimming Results: 4 X 100m Medley Relay Mixed Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 19 October 2021.Sutherland, James (6 August 2018)
"2018 European Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 14 December 2021. Yefimova ranked fourteenth in the prelims heats of the 200 metre individual medley, qualified for the semifinals, and withdrew from competition, forgoing competing in the semifinals. She won the gold medal in the 200 metre breaststroke with a time of 2:21.31. LEN (7 August 2018)
"2018 LEN European Aquatics Championships Swimming Results: 200m Breaststroke Women Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 14 December 2021. In the 50 metre breaststroke, Yefimova won the gold medal after setting a championships record of 29.66 seconds in the semifinals. For the breaststroke leg of the 4 × 100 metre medley relay, Yefimova split a 1:03.95, helping win the gold medal and set a new championships record at 3:54.22. LEN (9 August 2018)
"2018 LEN European Aquatics Championships Swimming Results: 4 X 100m Medley Relay Women Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 14 December 2021. Yefimova was one of three swimmers to win four gold medals at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships along with Adam Peaty of Great Britain and Sarah Sjöström of Sweden.Chadband, Ian (9 August 2018)
"Sjoestroem, Peaty and Efimova end Euros with fourth golds"
''Reuters''. Retrieved 14 December 2021.

2019 World Aquatics Championships

At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea in July, Yefimova won the silver medal in the Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke, 100 metre breaststroke, finishing less than six-tenths of a second behind Lilly King of the United States with a time of 1:05.49.FINA (23 July 2019)
"18th FINA World Championships Gwangju (KOR): Women's 100m Breaststroke Final Results"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 14 December 2021.Carlson, Reid (23 July 2019)
"2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 14 December 2021. In the Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke, 200 metre breaststroke, Yefimova won the gold medal and became the first woman to win the 200 metre breaststroke world title at a World Aquatics Championships three times, finishing over two seconds ahead of Tatjana Schoenmaker of South Africa with a time of 2:20.17.FINA (26 July 2019)
"18th FINA World Championships Gwangju (KOR): Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 14 December 2021.Ross, Andy (26 July 2019)
"Yulia Efimova Wins Historic Third 200 Breast World Title; Schoenmaker Wins South Africa's First Women’s World's Medal"
''Swimming World''. Retrieved 14 December 2021. Yefimova won the bronze medal in the Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke, 50 metre breaststroke, finishing third behind gold medalist Lilly King and silver medalist Benedetta Pilato of Italy in 30.15 seconds.FINA (28 July 2019)
"18th FINA World Championships Gwangju (KOR): Women's 50m Breaststroke Final Results"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 14 December 2021.OlympicTalk (21 July 2019)
"2019 World Swimming Championships results"
''NBC Sports''. Retrieved 14 December 2021.

2020 European Aquatics Championships

On 19 May 2021, Yefimova placed fourth in the Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke, 100 metre breaststroke at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships held at Danube Arena in Budapest, Hungary. LEN (19 May 2021)
"2020 LEN European Aquatics Championships Swimming Results: 100m Breaststroke Women Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 14 December 2021. The next day, Yefimova placed fourth as part of the Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay, 4 × 100 metre mixed medley relay, swimming the breaststroke leg of the relay and helping to finish in a time of 3:43.60. LEN (20 May 2021)
"2020 LEN European Aquatics Championships Swimming Results: 4 x 100m Medley Mixed Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 14 December 2021. In the Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke, 200 metre breaststroke final on 21 May 2021, Yefimova won the bronze medal with a time of 2:22.16. LEN (21 May 2021)
"2020 LEN European Aquatics Championships Swimming Results: 200m Breaststroke Women Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 14 December 2021."2021 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest: Results"
''Olympics.com''. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021. She won a bronze medal in the Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke, 50 metre breaststroke as well, finishing with a 30.22 after gold medalist Benedetta Pilato and silver medalist Ida Hulkko of Finland. LEN (23 May 2021)
"2020 LEN European Aquatics Championships Swimming Results: 50m Breaststroke Women Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 14 December 2021. In the Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, 4 × 100 metre medley relay, Yefimova won a silver medal, splitting a 1:05.77 for the breaststroke leg of the relay. LEN (23 May 2021)
"2020 LEN European Aquatics Championships Swimming Results: 4 x 100 m Medley Women Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 14 December 2021.

2020 Summer Olympics

With her, and all other Russians's, outfit, national song, and cohort name selected by the International Olympic Committee, Yefimova competed in the 2020 Summer Olympic Games for the Russian Olympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Russian Olympic Committee.Grohmann, Karolos (19 February 2021)
"Olympics: Russia to compete under ROC acronym in Tokyo as part of doping sanctions"
''Reuters''. Retrieved 6 November 2022.The Associated Press (14 April 2021)
"No flag allowed, but Russian colors plastered on uniforms for Tokyo Olympics"
''CBC.ca''. Retrieved 6 November 2022.OlympicTalk (22 April 2021)
"Tchaikovsky music replaces Russia anthem at Olympics in Tokyo, Beijing"
''NBC Sports''. Retrieved 6 November 2022. These representation items stemmed from the Court of Arbitration for Sport ban on Russians due to widespread doping in Russia and lasting 24 months from December 2020 to December 2022.Dunbar, Graham (17 December 2020)
"Russia can't use its name and flag at the next 2 Olympics"
''The Associated Press''. Retrieved 6 November 2022.Wamsley, Laurel; Kennedy, Merrit (17 December 2020)
"Russia Gets Its Doping Ban Reduced But Will Miss Next 2 Olympics"
''NPR''. Retrieved 6 November 2022.

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, held in the summer of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Yefimova competed in two events. For the preliminary heats of the Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke, 100 metre breaststroke, she ranked eighth with a time of 1:06.21 and advanced to the semifinals, where she qualified for the final with a time of 1:06.47 and overall fifth-rank. In the final, she placed fifth with her time of 1:06.02."2020 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming: Women's 100m Breaststroke"
''ESPN''. 25 July 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2022. Her team was seventh in the prelims heats of the Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, 4 × 100 metre medley relay and then placed seventh in the finals relay, as well.Omega Timing; Atos (1 August 2021)
"Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Swimming Results Book"
. ''International Olympic Committee''. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

2021 Swimming World Cup

Stop 3: Doha

Yefimova competed in the third stop of the short course 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup in Doha, Qatar.Lohn, John (16 October 2021)
"Star-Powered Field On Tap As FINA World Cup Set For Move To Doha"
''Swimming World''. Retrieved 16 October 2021. She joined the competition at the Doha stop, the third of four stops in the year's World Cup circuit, after deciding not to compete at the first two stops.Race, Retta (15 October 2021)
"Doha Stage Set For Matt Sates & Hwang Sunwoo 200 Free Battle"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 17 October 2021. Yefimova entered to compete in all breaststroke events available to female swimmers at the Doha stop, which were the 50 metre breaststroke, 100 metre breaststroke, and 200 metre breaststroke races.FINA (20 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Doha (QAT): Entries Book"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 20 October 2021.

On the first day of competition, Yefomiva won the gold medal in the final of the 200 metre breaststroke, finishing over one second ahead of the next fastest swimmer with her time of 2:22.19.FINA (21 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Doha (QAT): Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 21 October 2021.Sutherland, James (21 October 2021)
"2021 FINA World Cup — Doha: Day 1 Finals Live Recap"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 21 October 2021. The next day she backed up her gold medal performance with another, this time winning the gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke in a time of 1:06.08.FINA (22 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Doha (QAT): Women's 100m Breaststroke Final Results"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 22 October 2021.Sutherland, James (22 October 2021)
"2021 FINA World Cup — Doha: Day 2 Finals Live Recap"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 22 October 2021. In her final race of the Doha World Cup stop on day three, Yefimova won her third gold medal, swimming a time of 30.11 seconds in the final of the 50 metre breaststroke to win the event.FINA (23 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Doha (QAT): Women's 50m Breaststroke Final Results"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 23 October 2021.Edmund, Emma (23 October 2021)
"2021 FINA World Cup — Doha: Day 3 Finals Live Recap"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

Stop 4: Kazan

For the fourth and final stop of the World Cup circuit, and Yefimova's second stop, FINA noted her as someone to follow in the breaststroke events before the start of competition on 28 October at the Palace of Water Sports in Kazan.Kamardina, Olga (25 October 2021)
"Final leg of the Swimming World Cup is ready to go in Kazan"
''FINA''. Retrieved 26 October 2021.

In the morning of day one of competition, Yefimova ranked third across all prelims heats in the 200 metre breaststroke with her time of 2:25.54 and qualified for the final in the evening.FINA (28 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Kazan (RUS): Women's 200m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 28 October 2021. She finished second in the final with a time of 2:20.49, winning the silver medal in the event.FINA (28 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Kazan (RUS): Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 28 October 2021.Sutherland, James (28 October 2021)
"2021 FINA World Cup — Kazan: Day 1 Finals Live Recap"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 28 October 2021. The following morning, on 29 October, Yefimova advanced to the final ranked second for the 100 metre breaststroke from the prelims heats where she swam a 1:06.24.FINA (29 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Kazan (RUS): Women's 100m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 29 October 2021. She dropped almost two seconds off her time from the prelims heats to win the gold medal in the final of the 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 1:04.56 that was one-hundredth of a second faster than the second-place finisher.FINA (29 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Kazan (RUS): Women's 100m Breaststroke Final Results"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 29 October 2021.Sutherland, James (29 October 2021)
"2021 FINA World Cup — Kazan: Day 2 Finals Live Recap"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 29 October 2021. On the last day of World Cup competition, Yefimova ranked first in the prelims heats of the 50 metre breaststroke with a time of 30.21, two-hundredths of a second ahead of the next-fastest competitor.FINA (30 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Kazan (RUS): Women's 50m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 30 October 2021. In the final of the 50 metre breaststroke, she won the silver medal with a time of 29.65 seconds, one-hundredth of a second behind the gold medal winner in the event, Nika Godun.FINA (30 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Kazan (RUS): Women's 50m Breaststroke Final Results"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 30 October 2021.Race, Retta (30 October 2021)
"2021 FINA World Cup Kazan: Day 3 Finals Live Recap"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 30 October 2021. When points were summed across all four World Cup stops, Yefimova ranked tenth in terms of overall score for female competitors, second for female competitors from a country that hosted at least one World Cup stop, and first for female Russian competitors."FINA Swimming World Cup: Women Individual Ranking 2021 - Rankings"
''FINA''. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021. Her total of six medals, four gold medals and two silver medals, ranked her eighth in total medals won by a female competitor.Takata, Daniel (1 November 2021)
"The Swimmers With The Most Medals At The 2021 FINA World Cup"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 1 November 2021.

2022: Two times banned for her nationality

Yefimova was impacted by a nationality ban enacted by LEN and implemented on 3 March 2022, which permanently banned all Russians and Belarusians from their competitions, including the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, with no date of re-entry communicated at the time the ban took effect."LEN agrees not to invite Russian and Belarusian teams and supports Ukrainian athletes"
'' LEN''. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022. The second ban for her nationality came from FINA, which barred all Russians and Belarusians from their competitions effective 21 April 2022 and lasting at least through 31 December 2022.Koos, Torin (21 April 2022)
"PRESS RELEASE , FINA Bureau meets, acknowledges decision to suspend Russian swimmer Evgeny Rylov"
''FINA''. Retrieved 31 October 2022. For non-FINA events she and other Russians were not banned from, their times did not count towards world rankings nor world records.Keith, Braden (23 April 2022)
"Russia Confirms that Suspended Rylov Will Be Allowed at Russian Championships"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 6 November 2022.

Olympic Games and world championships results

Career best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Legend: NR — Russian record

Swimming World Cup circuits

The following medals Yefimova has won at FINA Swimming World Cup, Swimming World Cup circuits."Yuliya Efimova: Medals"
''FINA''. Retrieved 9 July 2022.

World records

Long course metres

Legend: h — heat

Continental and national records

Long course metres

Short course metres

Awards and honours

* Russian Female Swimmer of the Year (2008 and 2015)
* Honorary citizen of Volgodonsk (since 2008)
* Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (2012)
* Order of Friendship (2016)Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 25 August 2016 № 429 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»
pravo.gov.ru (25 August 2016)
* Sportsperson of the Year, Sportswoman of the Year from the All-Russia Swimming Federation (2017)Keith, Braden (25 December 2017)
"Efimova Wins Top Russian Honor: Rylov, Chupkov Share Men's Award"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
* '' SwimSwam'', Top 100 (Women's): 2021 (#7),Ortegon, Karl (16 February 2021)
"SwimSwam's Top 100 For 2021: Women's #10-1"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 20 January 2022. 2022 (#85)Sutherland, James (5 January 2022)
"SwimSwam's Top 100 For 2022: Women's #100-76"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 20 January 2022.

References

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