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 {{Ukraine-Paralympic-medalist-stub