Olesya Lafina
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| Native name | Олеся Лафина | |||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Russian | |||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paralympic powerlifting | |||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 2012 Summer Paralympics | |||||||||||||||
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Olesya Lafina (Russian: Оле́ся Лафина) is a 34-year-old Russian Paralympic powerlifter who won the 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships which were held in Dubai on April 7, 2014. There, she competed against Lidiia Soloviova of Ukraine and Gihan Abdelaziz of Egypt who won silver and bronze respectively. In 2012 she won silver medal at the 2012 London Paralympic games in 50 kilograms (110 lb), 117 kilograms (258 lb) and 122 kilograms (269 lb) weightlifting and in 2013 won the European title.[1] On May 23 she won a gold medal in Aleksin, Russia for her participation in the IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships.[2]
References
- ↑ "Russian Lafina lifts over two times bodyweight for world title". IPC. April 7, 2014. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- ↑ "Russian trio put on record show in Aleksin". IPC. May 23, 2014. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved June 22, 2014.