Lyudmyla Volodymyrivna Pavlenko ( uk, Людмила Володимирівна Павленко, born 16 September 1981) is a Ukrainian

Paralympic 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 ...

cross-country skier and

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not time ...

, with

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 ...

. She won a gold and bronze medal, at the 2014 Winter Paralympics. She has a son, Mikhail, with her husband, Dmitri.

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1981 births Living people Ukrainian female cross-country skiers Paralympic gold medalists for Ukraine Cerebral Palsy category Paralympic competitors Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2006 Winter Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Paralympics Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Paralympic medalists in cross-country skiing Paralympic cross-country skiers for Ukraine {{Ukraine-biathlon-bio-stub

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