Rima Batalova

Russian Paralympic athlete

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Рима Баталова

Batalova in 2018

Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)

Incumbent

Assumed office
21 December 2011 Personal detailsBorn (1964-01-01) 1 January 1964 (age 60)
Sakty, Bashkir ASSR,
Russian SFSR, USSRPolitical partyUnited RussiaChildren1 daughterEducationUral State Academy of
Physical Culture [ru]Sports career

Medal record

Paralympic athletics

Paralympic Games
Representing Soviet Union
	1988 Seoul	400 metres - B2
	1988 Seoul	800 metres - B2
	1988 Seoul	100 metres - B2
Representing Unified Team
	1992 Barcelona	200 metres - B2
	1992 Barcelona	400 metres - B2
	1992 Barcelona	800 metres - B2
	1992 Barcelona	1500 metres - B2
	1992 Barcelona	100 metres - B2
Representing Russia
	1996 Atlanta	400 metres - T11
	1996 Atlanta	800 metres - T10-11
	1996 Atlanta	1500 metres - T10-11
	1996 Atlanta	3000 metres - T10-11
	2000 Sydney	800 metres - T12
	2000 Sydney	1500 metres - T12
	2000 Sydney	5000 metres - T12
	2004 Athens	800 metres - T12
	2004 Athens	1500 metres - T12

Rima Akberdinovna Batalova (Russian: Рима Акбердиновна Баталова, born 1 January 1964) is a Russian politician. She was formerly a Paralympian athlete competing mainly in category T12 middle-distance events. Since 2011, she has been a member of the State Duma on the United Russia party list.^[1]

Biography

Batalova has competed in six Paralympics, she first competed as part of the Soviet Union team in the 1988 Summer Paralympics where she won golds in the 1500m and 200m and a bronze in the 300m. In barcelona in 1992 competing as part of the Unified team she won a further four gold medals in the 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m as well as silver in the 100m and finishing outside the medals in the 300m. In her next two in 1996 and 2000 she was undefeated, winning 7 gold medals in total including defending her 800m and 1500m titles. In 2004 and 2008 she only competed in the 800m and 1500m but was unable to achieve the same glory with just a silver and bronze in 2004 and nothing in 2008 bringing her tally to 13 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze. ^[2]^[3]

She was elected to the State Duma in 2016. In 2021, Alexander Sidyakin lost his deputy mandate to Batalova.^[4]

Sanctions

Batalova was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War.^[5]

She is one of the members of the State Duma the United States Treasury sanctioned on 24 March 2022 in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[6]

References

^ "Энциклопедия: Баталова, Рима Акбердиновна" [Encyclopedia: Batalova, Rima Akberdinovna]. TASS (in Russian). Информационное агентство России ТАСС. Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
^ profile on paralympic.org
^ profile on paralympic.org under alternative spelling
^ "В Башкирии гадают, кто займет место Александра Сидякина". ufa.mk.ru (in Russian). 25 November 2021. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
^ "U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russia's Defense-Industrial Base, the Russian Duma and Its Members, and Sberbank CEO". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 2022-04-10.