Svetlana Romashina

Svetlana Alekseyevna Romashina (Russian: Светлана Алексеевна Ромашина, IPA: [svʲɪˈtɫanə rɐˈmaʂɨnə]; born 21 September 1989) is a Russian competitor in synchronised swimming that boasts 41 total gold medals from competing in four Olympic Games, seven world championships and six European championships. She has never placed lower than first at any of these events, and by adding two more golds in the 2020 Summer Olympics she broke all medal-count ties to become the most decorated athlete ever in her sport.[1][2]

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Alekseyevna and the family name is Romashina.
Svetlana Romashina
Romashina in June 2021
Personal information
Full nameSvetlana Alekseyevna Romashina
Nationality Russian
Born21 September 1989 (1989-09-21) (age 32)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesSynchronised swimming
ClubDynamo Moscow
CoachTatiana Danchenko (Duet)
Tatyana Pokrovskaya (Team)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 7 0 0
World Championships 21 0 0
European Championships 13 0 0
Summer Universiade 2 0 0
Total 43 0 0
Representing ROC
Olympic Games
2020 TokyoDuet
2020 TokyoTeam
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
2008 BeijingTeam
2012 LondonDuet
2012 LondonTeam
2016 Rio de JaneiroDuet
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Championships
2005 MontrealTeam
2005 MontrealFree routine combination
2007 MelbourneTeam technical routine
2007 MelbourneTeam free routine
2007 MelbourneFree routine combination
2009 RomeDuet technical routine
2009 RomeDuet free routine
2009 RomeTeam free routine
2011 ShanghaiDuet technical routine
2011 ShanghaiDuet free routine
2011 ShanghaiFree routine combination
2013 BarcelonaSolo free routine
2013 BarcelonaSolo technical routine
2013 BarcelonaDuet free routine
2013 BarcelonaDuet technical routine
2015 KazanSolo technical routine
2015 KazanDuet technical routine
2015 KazanDuet free routine
2019 GwangjuSolo free routine
2019 GwangjuDuet technical routine
2019 GwangjuDuet free routine
European Championships
2006 BudapestTeam
2006 BudapestFree routine combination
2010 BudapestTeam
2010 BudapestDuet
2010 BudapestFree routine combination
2012 EindhovenDuet
2014 BerlinSolo
2016 LondonSolo technical routine
2016 LondonDuet free routine
2016 LondonDuet technical routine
2020 BudapestDuet free routine
2020 BudapestDuet technical routine
2020 BudapestTeam technical routine
Summer Universiade
2013 KazanSolo
2013 KazanDuet

After leading the Russian Olympic Committee squad to victory at the Tokyo Games Romashina announced the end of her Olympic career.[3][4]

Career

Early career

Born in Moscow, Romashina began training in artistic swimming at age six and quickly made her mark, winning two gold medals in team competition and combo routine at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships when she was 15 years old.[5]

World Championships

After the 2019 World Aquatics Championships celebrated in Gwangju, South Korea, Romashina became the most titled athlete awarded in the history of synchronized swimming with 21 gold medals, having surpassed in this medals race her compatriot Natalia Ishchenko, who holds 19 gold medals of the World Championships.[6]

Olympic Games

Romashina won four consecutive Olympic gold medals in the team competition at the 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.[7][8][9] She also won the duet event at London and Rio de Janeiro with Natalia Ishchenko. At the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo in 2021, Romashina partnered Svetlana Kolesnichenko in the duet event, which they proceeded to win.[10][11]

See also

References
  1. Adrega, Pedro (4 August 2021). "Romashina, the best ever in Olympic history!". FINA Official website. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  2. DeMeyer, Tess (7 August 2021). "Svetlana Romashina extends perfect artistic swimming record with ROC team victory". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  3. Dampf, Andrew (7 August 2021). "Romashina says goodbye after her 7th Olympic gold". Associated Press. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  4. Denyer, Simon (7 August 2021). "A golden farewell to swimming's greatest underwater dancing queen". The Washington Post. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  5. Lies, Elaine (6 August 2021). "Synchronised swimming Russian Romashina aims to go out on golden wave". Reuters. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  6. "Russian synchro swimmer Romashina sets record in total golds won at World Championships". TASS. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  7. Adrega, Pedro (7 August 2021). "Romashina & Co unbeaten for gold". FINA Official website. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  8. "Russian Svetlana Romashina wins 7th gold in artistic swimming". ESPN. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  9. Shuterland, James (9 August 2021). "Olympic Results Digest: ROC sweeps gold medals in artistic swimming". SwimSwam. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  10. Morse, Ben (4 August 2021). "Svetlana Romashina wins sixth Olympic gold medal after success in women's duet artistic swimming". CNN World. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  11. Newberry, Paul (4 August 2021). "Russia's Romashina sets record with 6th Olympic gold". Associated Press. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
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