Stanislava Komarova
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Stanislava Stanislavovna Komarova ' onMouseout='HidePop("48204")' href="/topics/Moscow">Moscow
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n swimmer. She won the silver medal in the 200 m backstroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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 in Athens
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Komarova is one of the few modern swimmers who competes without goggles
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Presently, she is training in Tenero, Switzerland
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, with Guennadi Touretski as coach.

She swims with Benjamin Le Maguet and Danilo Zocco.

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