Nataliia Zharkova

Nataliia Zharkova
Personal information
Native nameЖаркова Наталия Сергеевна
Жаркова Наталія Сергіївна
CitizenshipUkraine
Born (1989-01-24) 24 January 1989 (age 35)
Kharkiv, USSR
Websitenataliiazharkova.com
Sport
SportFreediving
Medal record
World Championships
Silver medal – second place Kalamata, Greece, 2013 CNF, Constant weight apnea without fins
Silver medal – second place Kalamata, Greece, 2013 FIM, Free immersion apnea
Bronze medal – third place Kalamata, Greece, 2013 CWT, Constant weight apnea, Bi-fins
Bronze medal – third place Limassol, Cyprus, 2015 FIM, Free immersion apnea
Bronze medal – third place Limassol, Cyprus, 2015 CWT, Constant weight apnea, with a monofin
Bronze medal – third place Kaş, Turkey 2017 CWT, Constant weight apnea, with a monofin
Gold medal – first place Kaş, Turkey, 2017 CWT, Constant weight apnea, Bi-fins
Gold medal – first place Kaş, Turkey, 2017 CNF, Constant weight apnea without fins

Nataliia Zharkova (Russian: Наталия Жаркова; Ukrainian: Наталія Жаркова; born 24 January 1989) is a 2017 freediving champion of Europe and Ukraine. Zharkova holds multiple records in the discipline of freediving. She was also a freediving runner-up champion of the world in 2013. She 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.