MERESHKO Yelyzaveta

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
1	50m Freestyle - S6	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	33.43
1	100m Freestyle - S6	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:11.40
1	400m Freestyle - S6	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	5:17.01
1	100m Breaststroke - SB5	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:41.63
3	4x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
4	100m Backstroke - S6	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:28.99
8	200m Individual Medley - SM6	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	DSQ
World Championships
1	50m Freestyle - S6	2019	London, GBR	32.94
1	100m Breaststroke - SB5	2019	London, GBR	1:41.32
1	50m Freestyle - S6	2015	Glasgow, GBR	34.14
1	100m Freestyle - S6	2015	Glasgow, GBR	1:12.21
1	400m Freestyle - S6	2015	Glasgow, GBR	5:21.76
2	100m Freestyle - S6	2019	London, GBR	1:11.85
2	400m Freestyle - S6	2019	London, GBR	5:17.49
2	200m Individual Medley - SM6	2019	London, GBR	3:00.83
2	200m Individual Medley - SM6	2015	Glasgow, GBR	3:06.08
2	4x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points	2015	Glasgow, GBR	2:35.88
3	Mixed 4 x 50m Medley Relay 20 Points	2019	London, GBR	2:41.20
4	100m Backstroke - S6	2019	London, GBR	1:26.01
4	100m Backstroke - S6	2015	Glasgow, GBR	1:27.92
5	4x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points	2019	London, GBR	2:30.69
European Championships
1	50m Freestyle - S6	2020	Funchal, POR	32.93
1	100m Freestyle - S6	2020	Funchal, POR	1:12.16
1	100m Breaststroke - SB5	2020	Funchal, POR	1:43.01
1	200m Individual Medley - SM6	2020	Funchal, POR	2:59.96
1	50m Freestyle - S6	2018	Dublin, IRL	32.78
1	100m Freestyle - S6	2018	Dublin, IRL	1:11.51
1	400m Freestyle - S6	2018	Dublin, IRL	5:19.64
1	100m Breaststroke - SB5	2018	Dublin, IRL	1:41.24
1	Mixed 4 x 50m Medley Relay 20 Points	2018	Dublin, IRL	2:39.29
2	400m Freestyle - S6	2020	Funchal, POR	5:25.00
2	4x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points	2020	Funchal, POR	2:28.95
2	100m Backstroke - S6	2018	Dublin, IRL	1:25.30
2	200m Individual Medley - SM6	2018	Dublin, IRL	3:01.69
2	4x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points	2018	Dublin, IRL	2:30.19
3	100m Backstroke - S6	2020	Funchal, POR	1:24.04
4	Mixed 4 x 50m Medley Relay 20 Points	2020	Funchal, POR	2:45.91

Elsa, Liza (Facebook profile, 18 Jul 2020; xsport.ua, 07 Sep 2016)

Needlework, knitting. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018)

Athlete

Computer Engineering - Kherson National Technical University, Ukraine

English, Russian, Ukrainian

Invasport [Kherson, UKR]

Ella Benedyk [personal], UKR, from 2004

2014 for Ukraine, European Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018)

She began swimming in 2003 at the Youth Sports School No.6 in Kherson, Ukraine. She took up Para swimming in 2011. (ukranews.com, 15 Mar 2021; Athlete, 19 Jul 2015; vgoru.org, 20 Aug 2014)

"My mother took me swimming so that I could improve my health. The swimming pool was not far from my house and it was very convenient for us to visit. Then I was invited to take part in children's tournaments, where I become infected with the desire to compete." (paralympic.org, 08 Apr 2016)

Winning four gold medals and a bronze at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (SportsDeskOnline, 03 Aug 2021; Athlete, 13 Aug 2018)

Ukrainian swimmer Yana Klochkova. (Athlete, 19 Jul 2015)

Coach Ella Benedyk. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018)

"For a long time in my interviews I was saying that sport is 95% work and 5% talent. Now, after reaching certain heights, I can say that this is not true. It is 99% of titanic, destructive labour, and only 1% not even of talent, but predisposition." (ukranews.com, 15 Mar 2021)

In March 2021 her name was engraved at the Star Square in Kiev, Ukraine. (ukranews.com, 15 Mar 2021)

She was named among the six best Ukrainian athletes of 2018 at the Sports Constellation annual award ceremony held by the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine. (isport.ua, 21 Dec 2018)

In recognition of her performance at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, she received the Order for Merit [third grade] in Ukraine. (president.gov.ua, 04 Oct 2016)

She was named the 2016 Female Para Swimmer of the Year in the Swammy Awards, run by the Swimswam swimming news website. (swimswam.com, 30 Dec 2016)

She has received the title of Honoured Master of Sport in Ukraine. (dsmsu.gov.ua, 31 Dec 2020)