Nataliia Zharkova (Freediver) Wiki, Biography, Age, Husband, Family, Net Worth

In 2017 Zharkova won 2 gold and a bronze medals at Championship of Europe held at Kaş, Turkey. She set 2 new World Records according to CMAS. All immersions of that championship were filmed with the Dive Eye underwater drone.

On 27 October 2016, Nataliia Zharkova became the first Ukrainian and the second woman in the world (after Natalia Molchanova) to dive through an underwater vertical cave known as Blue Hole on a single breath. Zharkova immersed to a depth of 56 meters and then swam 30 meters under the arch.

In 2015, the AIDA International Depth World Championships were held at Limassol, Cyprus.

In 2013, the AIDA International World Championships were held in Kalamata, Greece. Nataliia Zharkova along with Natalia Molchanova won medals in all of the disciplines of the championship.

In 2013–15, Zharkova was a finalist in the Pool World Championship held at Belgrad, Serbia.

In 2012, Ukraine’s first team world championship participation, event was held in Nice, France. Zharkova represented Ukraine along with Alexander Bubenchikov and Valentin Kuznetsov. Men’s team has taken 14th place out of a total of 30. Zharkova updated her previous national records and took 5th place in the world rating.

Zharkova graduated Kharkiv State Technical University of Construction and Architecture in 2012 as a BSc in the field of Architecture led by professor Alexander Buryak.

In 2011, the first depth competitions AIDA International World Championship were held at Kalamata, Greece. Zharkova’s first participation in the depth competitions drew here near the top freedivers in the discipline taking 6th place in the CNF discipline (constant weight, no fins). She also set new Ukraine’s national records in the discipline. (AIDA WC-2011 – FIM – Nataliia Zharkova on YouTube)

In 2010, Zharkova competed in Ukraine, Russia and Latvia. Each participation brought Zharkova a new Ukraine’s national record.

In 2009, Zharkova participated in a world championship held at Aarhus, Denmark. Zharkova set new Ukraine’s national records in freediving.

In 2008 Zharkova gets introduced to freediving and begins active training.

Nataliia Zharkova (born 1989) is a 2017 freediving champion of Europe and Ukraine. Zharkova holds multiple records in the discipline of freediving. She also is a freediving runner-up champion of the world, 2013. She is the first Ukrainian and the second woman to ever dive below the arch of the Blue Hole vertical underwater cave in Dahab, Egypt, on a single breath.