Yana Berezhna (Ukrainian: Яна Юріївна Бережна, born 17 January 1997)[1] is a Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer.

Yana Berezhna
Personal information
Born (1997-01-17) 17 January 1997 (age 27)
Kremenchuk, Ukraine
Sport
CountryUkraine
SportParalympic swimming
Disability classS11
Medal record
Summer Paralympics
Silver medal – second place 2012 London 100 m breaststroke SB11
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 100 m breaststroke SB11
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Madeira 100 m breaststroke SB11

Career edit

She represented Ukraine at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom and she won the silver medal in the women's 100 metre breaststroke SB11 event.[2] She also represented Ukraine at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and she did not win a medal at that event.[2] In 2021, she won the bronze medal in the women's 100 metre breaststroke SB11 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3]

At the 2018 World Para Swimming European Championships she won the silver medal in the women's 100 metres breaststroke SB11 event and the bronze medal in the women's 200 metres individual medley SB11 event.

At the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships held in London, United Kingdom, she won the bronze medal in the women's 100 metres breaststroke SB11 event.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Yana Berezhna". 2020 Summer Paralympics. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Yana Berezhna". paralympic.org.
  3. ^ "Swimming Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Paralympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  4. ^ "World Para Swimming Championships London 2019 – Day 3 As it happened". Olympic Channel. 11 September 2019.

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