Elena Sviridova (née Ivanova; born 2 April 1988) is a

Paralympian The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

athlete from Russia competing mainly in category T36 sprint events. Sviridova competed at the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

in London, where she won three gold medals, in the 100m and 200m sprint, and the women's T35–38 100m sprint relay. As well as her Paralympic success Sviridova has been dominant in her field during the World Championships winning gold in both the 100m and 200m sprints at the 2011 and 2015 Games.

Personal history

Sviridova was born Elena Ivanova in

Yoshkar-Ola Yoshkar-Ola ( Mari and russian: Йошкар-Ола) is the capital city of the Mari El Republic, Russia. Yoshkar-Ola means “red city” in Mari and was formerly known as Tsaryovokokshaysk () before 1919, as Krasnokokshaysk () between 1919 an ...

in the former Soviet Union in 1988. Sviridova studied economics at

Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance (''Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет экономики и финансов'') was a public university in Saint Petersburg, Ru ...

. She is married to fellow Russian Paralympic athlete

Vladimir Sviridov Vladimir Sergeyevich Sviridov (russian: Владимир Сергеевич Свиридов; born 10 May 1990) is a Russian para-athlete competing mainly in category F36 long jump and shot put. In 2013 he took the gold in the shot put at the I ...

, and they have a son, who was born in 2013. Sviridova has

cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time, but include poor coordination, stiff muscles, weak muscles, and tremors. There may be problems with sens ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sviridova, Elena Paralympic athletes for Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Russia Living people 1988 births Russian female sprinters People from Yoshkar-Ola Sportspeople from Mari El World Para Athletics Championships winners Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Paralympic silver medalists for the Russian Paralympic Committee athletes 21st-century Russian women