Liudmila Vauchok ( be, Людмілa Ваўчок, russian: Людмила Волчек, born 19 June 1981) is

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

ian

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 impaired ...

. She competed at 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 wa ...

, winning a silver medal, and 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 ...

, winning a bronze medal. She qualified for the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym ...

Career

She had excelled in

athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

and she had won the Belarusian national titles in runs between 1500 and 5000 meters distances before she injured her spine in 2001 and was forced to use a

wheelchair A wheelchair is a chair with wheels, used when walking is difficult or impossible due to illness, injury, problems related to old age, or disability. These can include spinal cord injuries (paraplegia, hemiplegia, and quadriplegia), cerebra ...

. She stayed involved in sports after her injury winning podium finishes in national competitions in

armwrestling Arm wrestling (also spelled armwrestling) is a sport with two opponents who face each other with their bent elbows placed on a table and hands firmly gripped, who then attempt to force the opponent's hand down to the table top ("pin" them). The s ...

, athletics and dance. She dominated especially in

cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreatio ...

. Vauchok participated in the

2006 Winter Paralympics The 2006 Winter Paralympic Games ( it, Giochi paralimpici invernali del 2006), the ninth Paralympic Winter Games, took place in Turin, Italy from 10 to 19 March 2006. These were the first Winter Paralympic Games to be held in Italy. They were ...

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winning 10-kilometer skiing race and adding three bronzes. In 2007, she finished second in the

rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically at ...

world championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

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in the women's single sculls Paralympic event. Rowing was included into the

program and Vauchok won silver medal in the women's single sculls event, the first ever Paralympic rowing final. She won a bronze medal in the

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of Liudmila Vauchok 1981 births Living people Belarusian female rowers Belarusian female cross-country skiers Paralympic gold medalists for Belarus Paralympic silver medalists for Belarus Paralympic bronze medalists for Belarus Paralympic rowers of Belarus Paralympic cross-country skiers of Belarus Paralympic medalists in cross-country skiing Paralympic medalists in rowing Rowers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Rowers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Rowers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2006 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics World Rowing Championships medalists for Belarus {{Belarus-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub