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Olena Akopyan
Olena Hrachykivna Akopyan ( uk, Олена Грачиківна Акопян, born 4 October 1969) is a Paralympic swimmer from Ukraine competing mainly in category S5 events. She is also one of the rare sportswomen to have competed in both the summer and winter Paralympics having competed in the biathlon and cross-country skiing in the winter Paralympics. The majority of Akopyan's Paralympic success came in the pool where she won thirteen of her fifteen medals including her only gold medal. Career At the 1996 Summer Paralympics, Akopyan won three silvers in the , and freestyle. Each time she finishing behind France's Beatrice Hess, who set two world records and a Paralympic record in the three events. Akopyan placed sixth in the 100m breaststroke. At the 1998 Winter Paralympics in Nagano, Akopyan won a bronze in the sitski biathlon and the sitski cross-country. She placed fifth in the and fourth in the cross-country events. At the 2000 Summer Paralympics, Akopyan agai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yenakiieve
Yenakiieve ( uk, Єна́кієве, ''Yenákiieve'', ; russian: Ена́киево, ''Yenákiyevo'') is a city in the Donetsk Oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. It is incorporated as a city of oblast significance (a special status within the region equal to that of a raion (district)). The city stands on the Krynka River about from the oblast's administrative center, Donetsk. Its population is approximately . Yenakiieve is an important regional centre of coal mining, metallurgy, chemical production and manufacturing. The city's outdated industry has caused accidents like that of a gas explosion which occurred in June 2008 at one of Yenakiieve's coal mines. Yenakiieve was founded in 1898 when numerous workers' settlements around the Peter's Iron and Steel Works were united into a single settlement named after . Its first coal mines dated from 1883. The settlement was incorporated as a city in 1925. By 1958, the city and factories had expanded significantly and overtook the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |