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Russian Olympic swimmer found a brilliant way to practice despite the stay-at-home situation

Yuliya Andreyevna Yefimova is a Russian competitive swimmer. After making her Olympic debut in 2008, she went 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.



Yuliya Andreyevna Yefimova (Russian: Юлия Андреевна Ефимова, also romanized Efimova; born 3 April 1992) is a Russian competitive swimmer. After making her Olympic debut in 2008, she went 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.

She is a six-time World Champion, winning the 50 metres breaststroke (2009 and 2013), the 100 metres breaststroke (2015), and the 200 metres breaststroke (2013, 2017 and 2019). She is also a former world record holder in the 50 metres breaststroke.

As as you can see, she is very creative and do not let the coronavirus to disrupt her training.

If you like swimming you may want to follow her on Instagram (@pryanya93), and if you don’t like swimming, her instagram will convince you to like it.

https://www.instagram.com/pryanya93/?hl=en



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