This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous.Find sources: "Oksana Boturchuk" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Oksana Boturchuk
Personal information
Full nameOksana Boturchuk
NationalityUkrainian
Born12 September 1986 (1986-09-12) (age 37)
Sport
SportParalympic athletics
Disability classT12
EventSprint
ClubInvasport
Coached byKostyantyn Rurak, Olena Rurak
Medal record
Women's para athletics
Representing  Ukraine
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paralympic Games 1 8 1
World Championships 1 7 3
IPC European Championships 4 0 0
Total 6 15 4
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 100m - T12
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 200m - T12
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 400m - T12
Silver medal – second place 2012 London 400m - T12
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London 100m - T12
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 200m - T12
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 400m - T12
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 100 m – T12
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 200m - T12
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 400m - T12
IPC World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha 100m - T12
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha 200m - T12
Silver medal – second place 2011 Christchurch 400m - T12
Silver medal – second place 2011 Christchurch 400m - T12
Silver medal – second place 2013 Lyon 200m - T12
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Lyon 100m - T12
Gold medal – first place 2015 Doha 200m - T12
Silver medal – second place 2015 Doha 400m - T12
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Doha 100m - T12
Silver medal – second place 2019 Dubai 400m - T12
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Dubai 200m - T12
IPC European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Swansea 100m - T12
Gold medal – first place 2014 Swansea 200m - T12
Gold medal – first place 2014 Swansea 400m - T12
Gold medal – first place 2018 Berlin 200m -T12
Gold medal – first place 2018 Berlin 400m - T12

Oksana Boturchuk (Ukrainian: Оксана Ботурчук) (born 12 September 1984) is a Paralympic athlete from Ukraine competing mainly in category T12 sprint events.

She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a gold medal in the women's 100 metres - T12 event, a silver medal in the women's 200 metres - T12 event, a silver medal in the women's 400 metres - T12 event and finished eighth in the women's Long jump - F12 event.

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, she won three silver medals.[1]

In August 2021, a movie about her life titled Pulse was released.[1][2]

She experienced vision loss after an auto accident.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Knapp, Gwen (6 September 2021). "Why Ukraine's Small Paralympic Team Packs Such a Big Punch". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b Reaney, Lee. "Ukraine's Paralympic medallist Oksana Boturchuk, a star on the track and red carpet". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 24 September 2021.

External links


Authority control databases: People
Categories