Yaryna Matlo 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 ...

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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 S12 events. Matlo competed as part of the Ukrainian Paralympic swimming team 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 was ...

, where she won a bronze medal in the breaststroke, finished eighth in the butterfly but failed to make the final of the individual medley.

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* Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Ukrainian female breaststroke swimmers Paralympic swimmers for Ukraine Paralympic bronze medalists for Ukraine Paralympic medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics S12-classified para swimmers Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships Laureates of the Prize of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for special achievements of youth in the development of Ukraine 21st-century Ukrainian women {{Ukraine-Paralympic-medalist-stub