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Aksana Petrushenka

Aksana Petrushenka also spelt as Oksana Petrushenka[1] (born 25 September 1984) is a Belarusian deaf swimmer who is also a current world record holder among deaf swimmers in women's 100m and 200m breaststroke.[2][3] She has represented Belarus at the Deaflympics in five occasions in 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017.[4] She is considered to be the second most decorated woman in Deaflympics history with a record haul of 28 medals, which is second highest among women in Deaflympics after Cindy-Lu Bailey.

Aksana Petrushenka
Aksana Petrushenka (right) along with fellow Belarusian swimmer Natalia Deeva (left) posing with gold medals during the 2007 World Deaf Swimming Championships Award Ceremony of Women's 200 Breaststroke event
Personal information
Nationality Belarus
Born (1984-09-25) September 25, 1984 (age 40)
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Representing  Belarus
Women's Swimming
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Deaflympics 14 8 6
Deaflympics
Gold medal – first place Melbourne 2005 200m individual medley
Gold medal – first place Taipei 2009 100m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place Taipei 2009 200m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place Taipei 2009 200m individual medley
Gold medal – first place Taipei 2009 4x100m medley relay
Gold medal – first place Sofia 2013 50m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place Sofia 2013 4x100m freestyle relay
Gold medal – first place Sofia 2013 50m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Sofia 2013 200m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place Sofia 2013 200m medley relay
Gold medal – first place Sofia 2013 4x100m medley relay
Gold medal – first place Samsun 2017 100m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place Samsun 2017 200m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place Samsun 2017 50m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place Melbourne 2005 100m freestyle
Silver medal – second place Melbourne 2005 4x100m freestyle relay
Silver medal – second place Melbourne 2005 50m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place Melbourne 2005 100m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place Sofia 2013 50m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place Taipei 2009 50m freestyle
Silver medal – second place Samsun 2017 4×100m freestyle relay
Silver medal – second place Samsun 2017 4×100 medley relay
Bronze medal – third place Rome 2001 4x100m freestyle relay
Bronze medal – third place Melbourne 2005 4x100m medley relay
Bronze medal – third place Melbourne 2005 4x200m freestyle relay
Bronze medal – third place Melbourne 2005 200m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place Melbourne 2005 200m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place Taipei 2009 4x100m freestyle relay

Career

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She made her Deaflympic debut at the 2001 Summer Deaflympics and claimed her first Deaflympic medal in the same multi-sport event which was a bronze in the women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay.[5] She claimed her first Deaflympic gold medal at the 2005 Summer Deaflympics in the women's 200m individual medley.[6]

She was awarded the ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year Award in 2009 by the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf for her medal success at the 2009 Summer Deaflympics where she bagged six medals including four gold medals.[7][8][9][10][11] On 8 August 2011, she set a new world record as well as World Deaf Championship record in women's 200m breaststroke among deaf during the World Deaf Swimming Championships.[12]

She also received the EDSO Sportswoman of the Year award in 2013 from the European Deaf Sports Organisation mainly for her performances at the 2013 Summer Deaflympics where she clinched seven medals including six gold medals.[13]

On 11 August 2015, she broke her own deaf world record in women's 100m breaststroke during the 2015 World Deaf Swimming Championships.[14][15][16] She also claimed three gold medals in the 2017 Summer Deaflympics.[17]

References

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