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Natalia Shavel

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Belarus
Swimming
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Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries
Origin of Impairment
Acquired
Classification
S5, SB4, SM5

Further personal information

Family
Husband Siarhei, son Dzmitry
Other names
Natalia Komova
Residence
Grodno, BLR
Languages
Polish, Russian
Higher education
Physical Education - Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno: Belarus

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
She began Para swimming in 2000 in Grodno, Belarus.
Why this sport?
Her mother and father were swimming coaches, and they introduced her to the sport when she was in her early years. After the accident, she returned to the sport as doctors told her that she needed to remain active.
Name of coach
Nadzeya Kuzmina [personal, mother], BLR, from 2000

General interest

Hobbies
Animal protection, volunteering at animal shelters. (Athlete, 10 Mar 2020)
Memorable sporting achievement
Winning four medals at the 2013 World Championships in Montreal, QC, Canada. (Athlete, 10 Mar 2020)
Most influential person in career
Her parents. (Athlete, 10 Mar 2020)
Hero / Idol
Soviet swimmer Vladimir Salnikov. (Athlete, 05 Dec 2017)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"Train hard." (Athlete, 05 Dec 2017)
Awards and honours
She has received the title of Master of Sport of International Class in Belarus. (athletes.by, 02 Dec 2020; paradefsport.by, 27 Dec 2019)

She was named among the eight best athletes of 2017 in the Grodno region of Belarus. (oblsport.grodno.by, 04 Feb 2018)
Other sports
She has competed in Para dance sport and finished sixth at the 2003 European Championships in Minsk, Belarus. (oblsport.grodno.by, 21 Feb 2016)
Ambitions
To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (grodnonews.by, 03 Dec 2020)
Impairment
In 1998 she had a car accident in which she injured her spinal cord, resulting in paraplegia. (vgr.by, 23 Dec 2017)

Results

Unit Date Rank
IPC Swimming World Championships Durban 2006 (Durban, South Africa)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 50 m Butterfly S6 Heats 9999
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM6 Final Round 8
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM6 Heats 8
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB5 Final Round 4
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB5 Heats 4
IPC Swimming World Championships Eindhoven 2010 (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 50 m Butterfly S5 Final Round 2
Women's 50 m Butterfly S5 Heat 1 1
Women's 50 m Backstroke S5 Final Round 8
Women's 50 m Backstroke S5 Heat 1 3
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM5 Final Round 2
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM5 Heat 1 1
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB4 Final Round 4
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB4 Heat 2 2
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM6 Heat 2 5
Women's 50 m Butterfly S6 Heat 1 7
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB5 Heat 1 2
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB5 Final Round 6
London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM5 Heat 2 2012-08-31 3
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM5 Final Round 2012-08-31 5
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB4 Final Round 2012-09-04 5
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB4 Heat 2 2012-09-04 3
Women's 50 m Butterfly S5 Heat 2 2012-09-07 2
Women's 50 m Butterfly S5 Final Round 2012-09-07 4
2013 IPC Swimming World Championships (Montreal, Canada)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 50 m Butterfly S5 Final 1 2013-08-12 2
Women's 50 m Butterfly S5 Heat 2 2013-08-12 2
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB4 Final 1 2013-08-13 3
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB4 Heat 2 2013-08-13 3
Women's 50 m Backstroke S5 Final 1 2013-08-14 3
Women's 50 m Backstroke S5 Heat 2 2013-08-14 5
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM5 Heat 1 2013-08-15 2
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM5 Final 1 2013-08-15 2
2015 IPC Swimming World Championships (Glasgow, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 50 m Backstroke S5 Final 1 2015-07-13 6
Women's 50 m Backstroke S5 Heat 1 2015-07-13 6
Women's 50 m Butterfly S5 Heat 2 2015-07-16 6
Women's 50 m Butterfly S5 Final 1 2015-07-16 4
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB4 Heat 1 2015-07-18 4
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM5 Final 1 2015-07-18 4
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM5 Heat 1 2015-07-18 3
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB4 Final 1 2015-07-18 3
Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 50 m Butterfly S5 Heat 2 2016-09-10 3
Women's 50 m Butterfly S5 Final Round 2016-09-10 7
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB4 Final Round 2016-09-11 5
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB4 Heat 1 2016-09-11 3
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM5 Final Round 2016-09-15 4
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM5 Heat 1 2016-09-15 3
Women's 50 m Backstroke S5 Final Round 2016-09-16 8
Women's 50 m Backstroke S5 Heat 2 2016-09-16 5
Mexico City 2017 World Para Swimming Championships (Mexico City, Mexico)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB4 Final 1 2017-12-02 2
Women's 50 m Butterfly S5 Heat 1 2017-12-03 3
Women's 50 m Butterfly S5 Final 1 2017-12-03 4
Women's 50 m Backstroke S5 Final 1 2017-12-04 5
Women's 50 m Backstroke S5 Heat 2 2017-12-04 5
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM6 Final 1 2017-12-07 3