Zulfiya Gabidullina

Zulfiya Gabidullina

Gabidullina on a 2016 stamp of Kazakhstan
Personal information
Born	22 November 1965 (1965-11-22) (age 51) Taraz, Kazakhstan
Sport
Sport	Paralympic swimming
Disability class	S3
Event(s)	Freestyle, backstroke, medley
Medal record Representing  Kazakhstan Paralympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m freestyle S3 IPC Swimming World Championships 2013 Montreal 50 m freestyle S3 2013 Montreal 100 m freestyle S3 2013 Montreal 50 m backstroke S3 2015 Glasgow 50 m freestyle S3 2015 Glasgow 100 m freestyle S3

Zulfiya Gabidullina (Russian: Зульфия Габидуллина, born 22 November 1965) is a Kazakhstani Paralympic swimmer who competes in the S3 category. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics, aged 50, she won a gold medal in the 100 m freestyle, improving her own world record, and bringing Kazakhstan its only gold medal at the Paralympics. Gabidullina became disabled at the age of five. She is a businesswoman. She took up competitive swimming in 2007 and qualified for the 2012 Paralympics and 2013 and 2015 world championships.