Ganna Ielisavetska is a
paralympic swimmer
Para swimming is an adaptation of the sport of swimming for athletes with disabilities. Para swimmers compete at the Summer Paralympic Games and at other sports competitions throughout the world. The sport is governed by the International Para ...
from
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
competing mainly in
category S2 events.
Ganna competed as part of the Ukrainian team in the
2008 Summer Paralympics
The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was f ...
. She competed in the only event for her disability classification the backstroke winning the gold medal in a new world-record time ahead of teammate
Iryna Sotska
Iryna Sotska (born 4 September 1979) is a Paralympic swimmer from Ukraine competing mainly in category S2 events.
Iryna competed as part of the Ukrainian team in the 2008 Summer Paralympics
The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Su ...
and S1 class world record breaker
Sara Carracelas García of Spain.
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Paralympic swimmers for Ukraine
Ukrainian female backstroke swimmers
Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic gold medalists for Ukraine
Paralympic silver medalists for Ukraine
Ukrainian female freestyle swimmers
Living people
Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Year of birth missing (living people)
Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships
Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships
Paralympic medalists in swimming
S2-classified para swimmers
21st-century Ukrainian women
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