Elena Sviridova

Elena Sviridova

Sviridova meeting President Putin in 2012
Personal information
Born	2 April 1988 Yoshkar-Ola, Russia
Height	167 cm (66 in)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Athletics
Disability class	T36
Event(s)	sprint
Club	Rostov Centre of Olympic Preparation
Coached by	Nikolay Romanov
Medal record Track and field (T36) Representing  Russia Paralympic Games 2012 London 100m - T36 2012 London 200m - T36 2012 London 100m relay - T35-38 World Championships 2011 Christchurch 100m - T36 2011 Christchurch 200m - T36 2011 Christchurch 100m relay - T35-38 2015 Doha 100m - T36 2015 Doha 200m - T36 2015 Doha 100m relay - T35-38

Elena Sviridova (née Ivanova; born 2 April 1988) is a Paralympian athlete from Russia competing mainly in category T36 sprint events.^[1]

Sviridova competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where she won three gold medals, in the 100m and 200m sprint, and the women's T35-38 100m sprint relay. As well as her Paralympic success Sviridova has been dominant in her field during the World Championships winning gold in both the 100m and 200m sprints at the 2011 and 2015 Games.^[2]

Personal history

Sviridova was born Elena Ivanova in Yoshkar-Ola in the former Soviet Union in 1988. Sviridova studied economics at Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance. She is married to fellow Russian Paralympic athlete Vladimir Sviridov, and they have a son, who was born in 2013.^[2] Sviridova has cerebral palsy.^[2]

Notes

1. "Ivanova, Elena". paralympic.org. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
2. "Ianova, Elena". IPC. Retrieved 25 August 2016.