Liudmila Vauchok

Liudmila Vauchok (Belarusian: Людмілa Ваўчок, Russian: Людмила Волчек, born 19 June 1981) is Belarusian Paralympian. She competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, winning a silver medal, and at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, winning a bronze medal.[1] She qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[2]

Liudmila Vauchok
Personal information
Born19 June 1981 (1981-06-19) (age 42)
Smilavičy, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Belarus)
Medal record
Representing  Belarus
Women's para cross-country skiing
Winter Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place2006 Turin10 km
Gold medal – first place2010 Vancouver10 km
Silver medal – second place2006 Turin2.5 km
Silver medal – second place2006 Turin5 km
Silver medal – second place2006 Turin3 × 2.5 km relay
Women's para rowing
Summer Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place2008 BeijingSingle sculls
Bronze medal – third place2012 LondonSingle 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.[1]

References
  1. "Liudmila Vauchok - Nordic Skiing, Rowing - Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  2. "Rowing - VAUCHOK Liudmila - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". Tokyo2020.org. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 31 August 2021.


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