Viktoriia Savtsova

{{short description|Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer}}

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{{MedalSport|Women's para swimming}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Summer Paralympics}}

{{MedalGold|2012 London|100 metre breaststroke S6}}

{{MedalSilver|2016 Rio|50 metre freestyle S6}}

{{MedalSilver|2016 Rio|100 metre freestyle S6}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2013 Montreal|50 metre freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Montreal|100 metre breaststroke}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Montreal|4x50 metre freestyle relay}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Glasgow|100 metre freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Glasgow|50 metre freestyle}}

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Viktoriia Savtsova (born 10 December 1997){{cite web |title=Viktoriia Savtsova |website=Rio2016.com |publisher=Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016 |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/athlete/viktoriia-savtsova |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161004070645/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/athlete/viktoriia-savtsova |archive-date=2016-10-04 |url-status=dead}} is a Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer.

She competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke S6 event,{{cite web |title=Medals for ParalympicsGB swim duo |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/disability-sport/19500153 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=26 September 2019}} and at the 2016 Summer Paralympics where she won silver medals in the 50 metre freestyle S6,{{cite web |title=Viktoriia Savtsova - Swimming {{!}} Paralympic Athlete Profile |url=https://www.paralympic.org/viktoriia-savtsova |website=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=26 September 2019 |language=en}} 100 metre freestyle S6{{cite web |title=Paralympics day 10: swimming, athletics and football – as it happened |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2016/sep/17/paralympic-games-2016-day-nine-live?page=with%3Ablock-57dda366e4b0c762d480d798 |website=The Guardian |access-date=26 September 2019}} and 100 metre breaststroke SB5 events.

Savtsova also competed at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships where she broke the world record and won a gold medal in the 50 metre freestyle event{{cite web |title=Paralympic great breaks world record as hosts Portugal win first medal at IPC Swimming European Open Championships |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1037171/paralympic-great-breaks-world-record-as-hosts-portugal-win-first-medal-at-ipc-swimming-european-open-championships |website=www.insidethegames.biz |access-date=26 September 2019 }} and won silver medals in the 100 metre breaststroke event and the 4 x 50 metre freestyle relay. She also won silver medals in the 100 metre freestyle and 50 metre freestyle events at the 2015 Championships.

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