Viktoriya Viktorovna Zyabkina (Cyrillic: Виктория Викторовна Зябкина; born 4 September 1992) is a Kazakhstani sprinter who mostly competes in the 100 m and 200 m distances. She represented her country at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, but failed to reach the finals. She won a silver and a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games, respectively. Between 2013 and 2017 she won five gold and one silver medals at the Asian Championships, five of them in individual events.[2]
 Zyabkina at the 2017 Asian Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 September 1992 Almaty, Kazakhstan[1] |
| Education | Sports education Translator/interpreter |
| Alma mater | Al-Farabi Kazakh National University Turan University |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2] |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 100–400 m |
| Coached by | Lyubov Nikitenko[2] |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 100 m – 11.15 (2016) 200 m – 22.66 (2016) 400 m – 51.67 (2012)[3] |
Personal life
editZyabkina took up athletics in 2002 following her parents. Her father Viktor Zyabkin was a member of the Soviet national 4 × 100 m relay team. Her mother Oksana Zelinskaya competed for the Soviet Union in triple jump and was an Asian champion in this event. Zyabkina debuted internationally in 2010. She has degrees in sports education from the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and in English-Russian translation from the Turan University.[2]
Competition record
edit1Disqualified in the final
References
edit- ^ Viktoriya Zyabkina. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-04-05.
- ^ a b c d Viktoriya Zyabkina. asiangames2018.id
- ^ Viktoriya Zyabkina at World Athletics
External links
edit- Viktoriya Zyabkina at World Athletics
- Viktoriya Zyabkina at Olympics.com
- Viktoriya Zyabkina at Olympedia
- Viktoriya Zyabkina at the Jakarta-Palembang 2018 Asian Games (archived)
