Mariya Alekseyevna Bulakhova (; born 18 November 1988) is a Russian former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events. She collected two medals, gold and silver, in the 100 (59.98) and 200 m butterfly (2:10.60) at the 2004 European Junior Swimming Championships in

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. Bulakhova is a member of Volga Swimming Club, and is coached and trained by Natalia Kozlova. Bulakhova qualified for the

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, as Russia's youngest swimmer (aged 15), at the

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, by eclipsing a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:14.07 from the European Junior Championships. She edged out Chinese Taipei's

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to lead the first heat by a 3.26-second margin in 2:12.99. Bulakhova missed the semifinals by two thirds of a second (0.66), as she placed eighteenth overall among 32 competitors in the prelims.

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1988 births Living people Russian female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Russia Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Female butterfly swimmers Swimmers from Volgograd 21st-century Russian sportswomen {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub