Svetlana Romashina

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Alekseyevna and the family name is Romashina.

Svetlana Alekseyevna Romashina (Russian: Светлана Алексеевна Ромашина, IPA: [svʲɪˈtɫanə rɐˈmaʂɨnə]; born 21 September 1989) is a Russian synchronized swimmer 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]

Svetlana Romashina

Romashina in June 2021
Personal information
Full name	Svetlana Alekseyevna Romashina
Nationality	Russian
Born	21 September 1989 (1989-09-21) (age 33) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Synchronised swimming
Club	Dynamo Moscow
Coach	Tatiana 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 Tokyo Duet 2020 Tokyo Team Representing  Russia Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team 2012 London Duet 2012 London Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Duet 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Championships 2005 Montreal Team 2005 Montreal Free routine combination 2007 Melbourne Team technical routine 2007 Melbourne Team free routine 2007 Melbourne Free routine combination 2009 Rome Duet technical routine 2009 Rome Duet free routine 2009 Rome Team free routine 2011 Shanghai Duet technical routine 2011 Shanghai Duet free routine 2011 Shanghai Free routine combination 2013 Barcelona Solo free routine 2013 Barcelona Solo technical routine 2013 Barcelona Duet free routine 2013 Barcelona Duet technical routine 2015 Kazan Solo technical routine 2015 Kazan Duet technical routine 2015 Kazan Duet free routine 2019 Gwangju Solo free routine 2019 Gwangju Duet technical routine 2019 Gwangju Duet free routine European Championships 2006 Budapest Team 2006 Budapest Free routine combination 2010 Budapest Team 2010 Budapest Duet 2010 Budapest Free routine combination 2012 Eindhoven Duet 2014 Berlin Solo 2016 London Solo technical routine 2016 London Duet free routine 2016 London Duet technical routine 2020 Budapest Duet free routine 2020 Budapest Duet technical routine 2020 Budapest Team technical routine Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan Solo 2013 Kazan Duet

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

• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists

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.

External links

• Svetlana Romashina at FINA 
• Svetlana Romashina at Olympics.com 
• Svetlana Romashina at Olympedia 
• Svetlana Romashina on Instagram