Lyudmila Khazieva Explained

Birth Date:1947 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Death Place:Kyiv, Ukraine
Sport:Swimming
Club:Dynamo Kharkiv

Lyudmila Khazieva (Russian: Людмила Валиевна Хазиева; 3 November 1947 – 26 August 2018) was a Soviet swimmer. She won a bronze medal in the 400 medley event at the 1966 European Aquatics Championships,[1] as well as six national titles between 1964 and 1966, mostly in medley events. She continued competing during the 1990s and won another national title in the masters category in 1992.[2]

Khazieva was born in Kharkiv and graduated from the Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute. In Kharkiv she married the renowned Soviet water polo player Alexei Barkalov and changed her last name to Barkalova (Russian: Баркалова). They had a son Dmitri (1969–2001), also a competitive water polo player.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.gbrathletics.com/sport/swimecw.htm EUROPEAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN)
  2. http://www.swimmingmasters.ru/curious/118.shtml Сильнейшие спортсмены СССР наши коллеги по движению «Мастерс»: Т-Я
  3. http://sport-necropol.narod.ru/barkalov.html Баркалов Алексей Степанович (1946–2004)