Darya Shmeleva
Personal information
Born (1976-05-28) 28 May 1976
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubCSKA Volgograd
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Russia
European Championships
Silver medal – second place1993 Sheffield 200 m medley
Silver medal – second place1993 Sheffield 400 m medley

Darya Viktorovna Shmelyova (Russian: Дарья Викторовна Шмелёва; born 28 May 1976) is a retired Russian swimmer who won silver medals in the 200 m and 400 m medley at the 1993 European Aquatics Championships.[1] She competed in the same events at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 1991 and 1995 European championships, but finished outside the medals.[2]

In early 1997 she married the Russian swimmer Alexander Popov,[2] and has since lived with him for years in Australia, Switzerland and Russia.[3] They have two sons, Vladimir (b. 1997) and Anton (b. 2000), and a daughter, Mia (b. 22 December 2010).[4]

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