Biography
Impairment information
Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency
Origin of Impairment
Congenital
Sport specific information
When and where did you begin this sport?
She began competitive swimming at age eight.
Why this sport?
She was inspired while watching her older cousin swim.
General interest
Impairment
She was born prematurely, 30 kilometres from the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine, with cataracts in her eyes and missing several fingers, toes and part of her right leg as a result of radiation exposure. (alamedamagazine.com, 21 Sep 2006)
Other information
BELARUS TO THE US
She was adopted from a Belarusian orphanage by a couple from the United States. (alamedamagazine.com, 21 Sep 2006)
She was adopted from a Belarusian orphanage by a couple from the United States. (alamedamagazine.com, 21 Sep 2006)
Results
Unit | Date | Rank |
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Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Women's 100 m Freestyle S10 | Heats | 8 | ||
Women's 5,000 m Open Water | Final Round | 2 | ||
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM10 | Final Round | 2 | ||
Women's 100 m Butterfly S10 | Final Round | 3 | ||
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB8 | Final Round | 2 | ||
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB8 | Heats | 1 | ||
Women's 100 m Backstroke S10 | Final Round | 1 | ||
Women's 400 m Freestyle S10 | Final Round | 5 | ||
Women's 400 m Freestyle S10 | Heats | 4 | ||
Women's 100 m Freestyle S10 | Final Round | 8 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM10 | Final Round | 1 | ||
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM10 | Heat 1 | 1 | ||
Women's 100 m Butterfly S10 | Final Round | 4 | ||
Women's 100 m Butterfly S10 | Heat 2 | 3 | ||
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB8 | Final Round | 2 | ||
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB8 | Heat 1 | 1 | ||
Women's 100 m Backstroke S10 | Final Round | 1 | ||
Women's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts | Final Round | 1 |