Nataliia Zharkova won five world championships and set five world records in constant weight bi-fins and constant weight without fins disciplines.
20 Facts About Nataliia Zharkova
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Nataliia Zharkova is the first Ukrainian and the second woman to ever dive below the arch of the Blue Hole vertical underwater cave in Dahab, Egypt, on a single breath.
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Nataliia Zharkova represented Ukraine in various European swimming championships while attending the school of Olympic Reserve of Ukraine.
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In 2008 Nataliia Zharkova was introduced to freediving and began active training.
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Nataliia Zharkova set new Ukraine national records in the discipline.
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Nataliia Zharkova represented Ukraine along with Alexander Bubenchikov and Valentin Kuznetsov.
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Nataliia Zharkova improved her previous national records and took 5th place in the world rating.
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In 2017, Nataliia Zharkova won two gold and one bronze medal at the Championship of Europe held in Kas, Turkey.
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Nataliia Zharkova set two new world records according to CMAS.
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In 2018, Nataliia Zharkova won two gold medals at the CMAS 3rd Free Diving World Championship held in Kas, Turkey.
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Also in 2019, Nataliia Zharkova took gold in CNF with 66 m at the AIDA Depth World Freediving Championship in Nice, France.
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In 2021, Nataliia Zharkova won gold, silver, and bronze medals at the 5th CMAS Freediving Outdoor World Championship held in Kas, Turkey, and set two national records:.
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At 2021 AIDA Freediving World CUP in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, Nataliia Zharkova took three gold and one silver medals.
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Currently Nataliia Zharkova is a master Instructor at AIDA International, instructor.
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Nataliia Zharkova is a chairman of the Freediving committee at UFUA and is a member of the CMAS international committee.
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Nataliia Zharkova is an author of multiple training programs and a coach at the Deep Division freediving school in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
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Nataliia Zharkova conducts training in warm climate locations, most notably in Dahab, Egypt and actively prepares for upcoming competitions.
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Nataliia Zharkova graduated from Kharkiv State Technical University of Construction and Architecture in 2012 with a BSc in architecture.
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On 27 October 2016, Nataliia Zharkova became the first Ukrainian and the second woman in the world to dive through an underwater vertical cave known as Blue Hole on a single breath.
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Nataliia Zharkova immersed to a depth of 56 meters and then swam 30 meters under the arch.