Svetlana Alekseyevna Romashina is a former Russian synchronized swimmer who won a total of 41 gold medals while competing in four Olympic Games, seven world championships, and six European championships. She never placed lower than first at any of these events. After winning two golds at the 2020 Summer Olympics, she became the most decorated athlete in the history of her sport.
Romashina in June 2021
Natalia Sergeyevna Ishchenko is a retired Russian synchronized swimmer, five-times Olympic champion and nineteen-times world champion.
Ishchenko in 2016
Natalia Ishchenko (right) at a meeting of Russian 2012 Summer Olympics medalists with the Russian President on 16 August 2012