Viktoriya Viktorovna Zyabkina (Cyrillic: Виктория Викторовна Зябкина; born 4 September 1992) is a Kazakhstani sprinter who mostly competes in the 100 m and 200 m distances. She represented her country at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, but failed to reach the finals. She won a silver and a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games, respectively. Between 2013 and 2017 she won five gold and one silver medals at the Asian Championships, five of them in individual events.
Personal life Zyabkina took up athletics in 2002 following her parents. Her father Viktor Zyabkin was a member of the Soviet national 4 × 100 m relay team. Her mother Oksana Zelinskaya competed for the Soviet Union in triple jump and was an Asian champion in this event. Zyabkina debuted internationally in 2010. She has degrees in sports education from the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and in English-Russian translation from the Turan University.
Competition record Representing 2009World Youth ChampionshipsBrixen, Italy32nd (h)200 m12.382010Asian Junior ChampionshipsHanoi, Vietnam3rd200 m24.55 –4 × 100 m relayDQAsian GamesGuangzhou, China18th (h)100 m12.07 –4 × 100 m relayDNF2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea31st (h)200 m24.092012Asian Indoor ChampionshipsHangzhou, China3rd60 m7.44World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey32nd (h)60 m7.55Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom38th (h)200 m23.492013Asian ChampionshipsPune, India1st200 m23.624th4 × 400 m relay3:36.09World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia44th (h)200 m24.472014Asian GamesIncheon, South Korea4th100 m11.677th200 m23.692nd4 × 100 m relay43.902015IAAF World RelaysNassau, Bahamas6th (B)4 × 100 m relay44.89Asian ChampionshipsWuhan, China2nd100 m11.341st200 m23.09 –4 × 100 m relayDQUniversiadeGwangju, South Korea1st100 m11.231st200 m22.771st4 × 100 m relay44.28World ChampionshipsBeijing, China18th (sf)100 m11.1912th (sf)200 m22.772016Asian Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar1st60 m7.27World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States31st (h)60 m7.47Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil50th (h)100 m11.6945th (h)200 m23.34 –4 × 100 m relayDQ2017Asian ChampionshipsBhubaneswar, India1st100 m11.391st200 m23.101st4 × 100 m relay43.53World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom32nd (h)200 m23.6613th (h)4 × 100 m relay45.47UniversiadeTaipei, Taiwan4th100 m11.492nd (h)4 × 100 m relay44.141Asian Indoor and Martial Arts GamesAshgabat, Turkmenistan1st60 m7.322018Asian Indoor ChampionshipsTehran, Iran2nd60 m7.391st4 × 400 m relay3:41.67Asian GamesJakarta, Indonesia13th (sf)100 m11.86 –200 mDQ3rd4 × 100 m relay43.822025Asian ChampionshipsGumi, South Korea14th (h)400 m55.704th4 × 400 m relay3:40.71 1Disqualified in the final
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