Evgeniia Chikunova
Evgeniia Igorevna Chikunova is a Russian swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre breaststroke, 200 metre breaststroke, and 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Trains under the guidance of Honored Coach of Russia Vitta Novozhilova.
In 2019 she broke the junior world record for the 200 metre breaststroke 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 Palace of Water Sports in Kazan, 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. 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 world record in the event.