Elena Krawzow (born 26 October 1993) is a blind German Paralympic swimmer who specializes in breaststroke and freestyle.
[3] Born in Novo-Voskresenovka, 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.