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German Paralympic swimmer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elena Krawzow (born 26 October 1993) is a blind German Paralympic swimmer who specializes in breaststroke and freestyle.[1][2] She has macular degeneration, leaving her with only 3% vision.[3]
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Born | Mergen, Kazakhstan | 26 October 1993||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Berlin, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Paralympic swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Stargardt's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | S12/SB12/SM12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Berliner Schwimmteam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born in Mergen, a village in southern Kazakhstan, Elena Krawzow emigrated with her German-Kazakhstani family, moving to Russia, where she was diagnosed with macular degeneration. Whilst in Russia, Krawzow attend a boarding school for disabled children, before resettling in Germany aged 11.[3][4][5]
Krawzow won a silver medal in the 100m breaststroke - SB13 at the 2012 London Paralympics[3] before finishing fifth in the same event at Rio 2016.;[6] she went on to win the gold medal in the same category at Tokyo 2020.[7]
In October 2020 Krawzow appeared topless on the front cover of the German edition of Playboy.[3] She got engaged to her boyfriend Phillip in the aftermath of Tokyo 2020. In 2021 she was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour.[3]
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