Aksana Petrushenka

Aksana Petrushenka also spelt as Oksana Petrushenka[1] (born 25 September 1984) is a Belarusian deaf swimmer who is also a current world record holder among deaf swimmers in women's 100m and 200m breaststroke.

[4] She is considered to be the second most decorated woman in Deaflympics history with a record haul of 28 medals, which is second highest among women in Deaflympics after Cindy-Lu Bailey.

[6] She was awarded the ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year Award in 2009 by the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf for her medal success at the 2009 Summer Deaflympics where she bagged six medals including four gold medals.

[12] She also received the EDSO Sportswoman of the Year award in 2013 from the European Deaf Sports Organisation mainly for her performances at the 2013 Summer Deaflympics where she clinched seven medals including six gold medals.

[14][15][16] She also claimed three gold medals in the 2017 Summer Deaflympics.