Olesya Lafina Explained

Olesya Lafina
Native Name:	Олеся Лафина
Native Name Lang:	Russian
Nationality:	Russian
Sport:	Paralympic powerlifting
Olympics:	2012 Summer Paralympics

Olesya Lafina (Russian: Оле́ся Лафина) is a 34-year-old Russian Paralympic powerlifter who won the 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships which were held in Dubai on 7 April 2014.^[1] There, she competed against Lidiia Soloviova of Ukraine and Gihan Abdelaziz of Egypt who won silver and bronze respectively. In 2012 she won silver medal at the 2012 London Paralympic games in, and weightlifting and in 2013 won the European title.^[2] On May 23 she won a gold medal in Aleksin, Russia for her participation in the IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200727110957/https://www.paralympic.org/sites/default/files/document/140820103515548_2014%2BIPC%2BPowerlifting%2BWorld%2BChampionships%2BResults%2BBook%2BDubai.pdf. 27 July 2020. 27 July 2020. 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships.
2. News: Russian Lafina lifts over two times bodyweight for world title. IPC. 7 April 2014. 14 May 2014. 13 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140413235837/http://www.paralympic.org/news/russian-lafina-lifts-over-two-times-bodyweight-world-title. dead.
3. News: 23 May 2014. 22 June 2014. Russian trio put on record show in Aleksin. IPC. 22 February 2014. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222212919/http://www.paralympic.org/news/russian-trio-put-record-show-aleksin.