Evgeniia Igorevna Chikunova (; born 17 November 2004) is a Russian

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. She competed in the women's 100 metre breaststroke, 200 metre breaststroke, and 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the

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. Trains under the guidance of Honored Coach of Russia Vitta Novozhilova. In 2019 she broke the

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for the 200 metre breaststroke (short course) with a time of 2:17.71 and broke her own record twice in 2021 with a time of 2:17.57 and then 2:16.88. On 19 April 2023, at the year's Russian National Championships conducted in long course metres at the

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, Chikunova won the gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke with a personal best time of 1:04.92, which was a world-leading time for the 2023 year (fastest time by a female swimmer in-competition in the 2023 year up through the time of the swim)."Campionati Nazionali di Russia. Day 4. Yevgeniya Chikunova: 100 rana (1.04.92). Kirill Prigoda: 200 rana (2.07.47). Oleg Kostin: 50 farfalla (22.62). K. Kolesnikov: 50 stile libero (21.91), 50 dorso (24.12)"
(in Italian). ''nuoto.com''. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023. In the final of the 200 metre breaststroke two days later, she won the gold medal with a personal best time of 2:17.55, which was 1.40 seconds faster than the

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in the event."La rusa Chikunova bate el récord del mundo de los 200 braza"
(in Spanish). '' Marca''. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chikunova, Evgeniia 2004 births Living people Russian female breaststroke swimmers Swimmers from Saint Petersburg Olympic swimmers for Russia Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) 21st-century Russian sportswomen