Yulia Efimova

Yuliya Yefimova

Efimova in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Yuliya Andreyevna Yefimova
National team	Russia
Born	(1992-04-03) 3 April 1992 (age 25) Grozny, Russia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Club	Volgodonsk Swim Club
Coach	Dave Salo
Medal record Representing  Russia Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m breaststroke 2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m breaststroke 2012 London 200 m breaststroke World Championships (LC) 2009 Rome 50 m breaststroke 2013 Barcelona 50 m breaststroke 2013 Barcelona 200 m breaststroke 2015 Kazan 100 m breaststroke 2009 Rome 100 m breaststroke 2011 Shanghai 50 m breaststroke 2011 Shanghai 200 m breaststroke 2013 Barcelona 100 m breaststroke 2013 Barcelona 4×100 m medley 2015 Kazan 50 m breaststroke World Championships (SC) 2008 Manchester 200 m breaststroke European Championships (LC) 2008 Eindhoven 200 m breaststroke 2010 Budapest 100 m breaststroke 2010 Budapest 50 m breaststroke 2008 Eindhoven 50 m breaststroke 2008 Eindhoven 4×100 m medley European Championships (SC) 2007 Debrecen 50 m breaststroke 2007 Debrecen 100 m breaststroke 2007 Debrecen 200 m breaststroke Disqualified 2013 Herning 50 m breaststroke Disqualified 2013 Herning 100 m breaststroke Disqualified 2013 Herning 200 m breaststroke Disqualified 2013 Herning 4×50 m medley Disqualified 2013 Herning 4×50 m mixed medley Universiade 2013 Kazan 50 m breaststroke 2013 Kazan 100 m breaststroke 2013 Kazan 200 m breaststroke 2013 Kazan 4×100 m medley

Yuliya Andreyevna Yefimova (Russian: Юлия Андреевна Ефимова), also romanized Efimova; born 3 April 1992) is a Russian competitive swimmer. A three-time Olympian, she made her Olympic debut in 2008, before going on to win the bronze medal in the 200 metres breaststroke in 2012, and silver medals in the 100 metres and 200 metres breaststroke in 2016.

Yefimova is a four-time World Champion, winning the 50 metres breaststroke at the 2009 World Championships, the 50 metres and 200 metres breaststroke events in 2013, and the 100 metres breaststroke in 2015. She is a former world record holder in the 50 metres breaststroke. In 2013, she failed a drug test and was suspended from competition for 16 months.

Yefimova was born in Grozny, but due to the First Chechen War her family moved to Volgodonsk. There she took up swimming aged six, coached by her father Andrey Yefimov. Until 2011, she lived in Taganrog, where she trained under Irina Vyatchanina and studied at the Southern Federal University. In March that year, she moved to California, United States, where she is coached by Dave Salo, the head coach of the University of Southern California swimming team.

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