KRAVCHENKO Vladyslava

Malta
Swimming
18 Jul 1991
30
Female
S5
 
Ukraine

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SWM Swimming Women's 50m Backstroke - S5  
Women's 50m Butterfly - S5  

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Women's 50m Butterfly - S5 Heat 1
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Women's 50m Backstroke - S5 Heat 1
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocationResult
Paralympic Games
1150m Backstroke - S52016Rio de Janeiro, BRA1:03.12
13100m Breaststroke - SB42016Rio de Janeiro, BRA3:21.16
1350m Butterfly - S52016Rio de Janeiro, BRA1:18.68
World Championships
9100m Breaststroke - SB42015Glasgow, GBR3:02.13
1150m Backstroke - S52015Glasgow, GBR1:12.25
1250m Butterfly - S52015Glasgow, GBR1:15.45
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Vlady (lboro.ac.uk, 29 Apr 2021)
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Reading books. (maltatoday.com.mt, 21 Jan 2020)
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Accountant
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Accounting
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English, French, Maltese, Russian, Ukrainian
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Gareth McNarry
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2013 (sportinmalta.com, 07 Jun 2015)
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"Swimming at first was part of my rehabilitation process and helped me get stronger after a number of operations. In the water I felt free and strong again and loved it so much that I decided to take it up professionally." (timesofmalta.com, 27 Jul 2015)
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Ahead of the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo she trained in Loughborough, England. (lboro.ac.uk, 29 Apr 2021)
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Competing at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (maltatoday.com.mt, 21 Jan 2020)
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US Para swimmers Jessica Long and Mallory Weggemann. (maltatoday.com.mt, 21 Jan 2020)
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"Don't take no for an answer if you really believe in something and want to achieve it." (maltatoday.com.mt, 21 Jan 2020)
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In 2017 she was awarded the Queen's Young Leaders Award in recognition of her work to promote Para sports. (maltatoday.com.mt, 21 Jan 2020)

She was Malta's flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (myinfo.rio2016.com, 06 Sep 2016)

She was named the 2013 Para Athlete of the Year by the Maltese Sports Journalists Association. (newsbook.com.mt, 02 Feb 2014)

General Interest

Classification
S5, SB4, SM5 (IPC, 10 Apr 2020)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (timesofmalta.com, 19 Jun 2009)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (timesofmalta.com, 19 Jun 2009)

Impairment Details
She was hit by scaffolding after it collapsed on top of her at a party in Qawra, Malta. The accident, which happened in 2008, resulted in paraplegia. (spinalcordinjuryzone.com, 16 Jul 2009; timesofmalta.com, 19 Jun 2009)

General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
In 2015 she was named as a youth ambassador for the European Paralympic Committee [EPC]. In 2018 she started to serve as chairperson of the Athletes' Council of the Malta Paralympic Committee. (sportinmalta.com, 07 Jun 2015; LinkedIn, 2020)

FROM UKRAINE TO MALTA
Born in Ukraine, she moved to Malta at age nine with her mother. (lifecell.in, 17 Jul 2009)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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