Liudmila Vauchok (Belarusian: Людмілa Ваўчок, Russian: Людмила Волчек, born 19 June 1981) is Belarusian Paralympian. She competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, winning a silver medal, and at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, winning a bronze medal.[1] She qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[2]
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| Born | 19 June 1981 (age 43) Smilavičy, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union (now Belarus) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editShe had excelled in athletics and she had won the Belarusian national titles in runs between 1500 and 5000 meters distances before she injured her spine in 2001 and was forced to use a wheelchair. She stayed involved in sports after her injury winning podium finishes in national competitions in armwrestling, athletics and dance. She dominated especially in cross-country skiing.
Vauchok participated in the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin winning 10-kilometer skiing race and adding three bronzes.
In 2007, she finished second in the rowing world championships in Munich-Oberschleißheim in the women's single sculls Paralympic event.
Rowing was included into the 2008 Summer Paralympics program and Vauchok won silver medal in the women's single sculls event, the first ever Paralympic rowing final. She won a bronze medal in the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Liudmila Vauchok - Nordic Skiing, Rowing - Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Rowing - VAUCHOK Liudmila". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
External links
edit- Liudmila Vauchok at the International Paralympic Committee
- Liudmila Vauchok at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Liudmila Vauchok at World Rowing
- Волчек Людмила Анатольевна at the Smilovichi Online web at the Wayback Machine (archived 18 November 2008) (in Belarusian)
- Zimbio wikizine of Liudmila Vauchok
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