Liudmila Vauchok
Liudmila Vauchok (Belarusian: Людмілa Ваўчок, Russian: Людмила Волчек, born 19 June 1981, Smilavichy) is Belarusian Paralympian.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  | ||
| Women's para cross-country skiing | ||
| Winter Paralympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2006 Turin | 10 km |
| 2010 Vancouver | 10 km |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2006 Turin | 2.5 km |
| 2006 Turin | 5 km |
| 2006 Turin | 3 × 2.5 km relay |
| Women's para rowing | ||
| Summer Paralympic Games | ||
| 2008 Beijing | Single sculls |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2012 London | Single sculls |
Career
She had excelled in athletics and she had won the Belarusian national titles in runs between 1500 and 5000 meters distances before she injured her spine in 2001 and was forced to use a wheelchair. She stayed involved in sports after her injury winning podium finishes in national competitions in armwrestling, athletics and dance. She dominated especially in cross country skiing.
Vauchok participated in the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin winning 10-kilometer skiing race and adding three bronzes.
In 2007, she finished second in the rowing world championships in Munich-Oberschleißheim in the women's single sculls Paralympic event.
Rowing was included into the 2008 Summer Paralympics program and Vauchok won silver medal in the women's single sculls event, the first ever Paralympic rowing final. She won a bronze medal in the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
External links
- Liudmila Vauchok at the International Paralympic Committee (also here)
- Liudmila Vauchok at FISA WorldRowing.com
- Волчек Людмила Анатольевна at the Smilovichi Online web at the Wayback Machine (archived 18 November 2008) (in Belarusian)
- Zimbio wikizine of Liudmila Vauchok