Vendula Dušková | |
Nickname: | Vendy |
Sport: | Paralympic swimming |
Disability Class: | S8 |
Birth Date: | 4 June 1998 |
Birth Place: | Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic |
Height: | 1.41m |
Vendula Dušková (born 4 June 1998) is a Czech Paralympic swimmer who competes in international elite events. She is a double World bronze medalist and a three time European medalist, she has also competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics but did not medal in her events.[1] [2]
Dušková was born with a congenital birth defect and had a tumour in her spinal cord aged seven months which resulted in nerve damage to her legs. The tumour got removed when she was nine months old.[3]