Inna Stryzhak (Ukrainian: Інна Стрижак), in some instances referred to as Inna Stryzhak-Dyachenko (née Dyachenko; born 11 June 1985) is a

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from

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competing mainly in category T38 sprint events. Stryzhak competed in her first Paralympics at the 2000 Games in Sydney,

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. There she won a bronze medal in the women's 100 metres - T38 event and finished fourth in the women's 200 metres - T38 event. She was back in the Ukrainian team for the

2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympic ...

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, adding a second bronze medal, this time in the women's 400 metres (T38). Stryzhak followed this with her most successful Games to date, winning two gold medals at the

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. The first was in the women's 100 metres and the second in the women's 200 metres. Her fourth consecutive Games was

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adding two more bronze medals in the 100m and 200m sprints and a silver in her new event, the

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* Paralympic athletes for Ukraine Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Ukraine Paralympic bronze medalists for Ukraine 1985 births Living people Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Ukrainian female sprinters Ukrainian female long jumpers Athletes from Dnipro Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) {{Ukraine-Paralympic-medalist-stub