Natallia Shavel Explained

Natallia Shavel
Nationality:Belarusian
Sport:Paralympic swimming
Disability:Spinal cord injury
Disability Class:S5, SB4
Birth Date:3 December 1973
Birth Place:Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
(now Russia)
Residence:Grodno, Belarus
Height:1.53m
Weight:55kg

Natallia Shavel (born 3 December 1973) is a Belarusian Paralympic swimmer who competes in international level events. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[1]

Life

Shavel was 23 when she was involved in a car accident which resulted in a spinal cord injury. She competed at the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships Eindhoven, winning a silver medal in Women's 50 m Butterfly S5, and Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM5 [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swimming SHAVEL Natalia . 31 August 2021 . Tokyo 2020 Paralympics . . 31 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210831181627/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1336342-shavel-natalia.htm . dead .
  2. Web site: Athlete Bio . 1 November 2018 . Paralympic.org . . 1 November 2018 . 29 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181229220354/https://www.paralympic.org/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=514&personid=686749&WinterGames=-1 . dead.