Olena Iurkovska
Appearance
Olena Yuriyivna Iurkovska (Ukrainian: Олена Юріївна Юрковська, born 27 September 1983)[1] is a cross-country skier and biathlete from Ukraine, and a five time Paralympic Champion. She has competed at every Winter Paralympic Games since 2002, winning a total of five gold, five silver, and five bronze medals up to 2010.[2] She also competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, as a member of the Ukrainian volleyball team.[2][3]
Iurkovska was awarded the title Hero of Ukraine in April 2006.[4][5] She won the Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award in 2006.
References
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- ^ (in Ukrainian) Юрковська Олена Юріївна[permanent dead link ], who-is-Who.ua
- ^ a b "Olena Iurkovska". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
- ^ "Athlete of the Month – Olena Iurkovska – March 2006". International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Документ 287/2006, Verkhovna Rada (April 3, 2006)
- ^ VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO DECORATES PARALYMPIST OLENA YURKOVSKA WITH GOLDEN STAR ORDER, Ukrinform (April 6, 2006)
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- Living people
- People from Kolomyia
- Ukrainian female cross-country skiers
- Sportspeople with limb difference
- Paralympic cross-country skiers for Ukraine
- Paralympic biathletes for Ukraine
- Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Paralympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
- Biathletes at the 2002 Winter Paralympics
- Biathletes at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
- Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Ukraine
- Paralympic silver medalists for Ukraine
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Ukraine
- 1983 births
- Recipients of the title of Hero of Ukraine
- Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2002 Winter Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
- Ukrainian sitting volleyball players
- Women's sitting volleyball players
- Paralympic medalists in cross-country skiing
- Paralympic medalists in biathlon
- Sportspeople from Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
- 21st-century Ukrainian sportswomen
- European cross-country skiing biography stubs
- Ukrainian winter sports biography stubs
- Ukrainian Paralympic medalist stubs
- European biathlon biography stubs
- Sitting volleyball biography stubs