• Source: Kateryna Sadurska

    • Kateryna Sadurska (Ukrainian: Катерина Садурська, born 19 July 1992) is a Ukrainian competitor in synchronized swimming and multiple world record holding freediver.


    Early life


    Kateryna Sadurska was born on 19 July 1992 in Mykolaiv. Since childhood she loved diving in the sea and in the river. Actually, at first Kateryna wanted to do diving, but she wasn't taken to the sport school by coaches because she was very tall. So, in 2000, at the age of 8, she decided to do artistic swimming at the sports school "Vodoliy".


    Career in artistic swimming




    = 2009 - 2010: Junior career

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    In April 2009, Kateryna Sadurska debuted competing at the international competitions: she won two silver medals in the team routine and free routine combination events at the European Junior Championships in Gloucester.
    In July 2010, Sadurska won three silver medals in duet and team routine, free routine combination at the European Junior Championships in Tampere. One month later, Kateryna competed at the World Junior Championships, winning two silver medals in duet routine (with Lolita Ananasova) and in the free routine combination event. Later, Kateryna competed at the European Championships in Budapest, where she won two bronze medals in team and combination routines with her team. In December, she won two bronze medals in team and combination routines at the FINA Synchro World Trophy 2010 in Moscow.


    = 2011 - 2012: First European Champions Cup title and first World Championships

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    In 2011, she firstly competed at the World Championships in Shanghai without reaching any medals: her team finished 5th in free routine combination and 6th in team technical routine and team free routine. But she won a gold medal in combination routine and a bronze one in team routine at the European Champions Cup in Sheffield.
    In May 2012, firstly in her career, Sadurska won two silver medals in team and combination routines at the European Championships in Eindhoven. In December, Sadurska won three bronze medals in the team thematic, combination and highlights routines at the FINA Synchro World Trophy in Mexico.


    = 2013: First World Championships bronze medals

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    In February, representing Kharkiv oblast-1, Sadurska won three gold medals in the team free, combination and technical routines at the Ukrainian National Championships in Kharkiv. In May, she won two gold medals in team free and highlights routine, a silver one in team technical routine at the European Champions Cup in Savona. In July, Sadurska became one of the first World Championships medalists from Ukraine in artistic swimming, winning three bronze medals at the World Championships in Barcelona. In November, Kateryna received two silver medals in team free routine and free routine combination and a bronze one in highlights routine at the FINA Synchro World Trophy in Mexico.


    References



    FINA profile

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