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Rima Batalova MP
Рима Баталова
Batalova in 2018
Member of the State Duma ( Party List Seat)
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 December 2011
Personal details
Born	(1964-01-01) 1 January 1964 (age 60) Sakty, Bashkir ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR
Political party	United Russia
Children	1 daughter
Education	Ural 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]

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