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Native name
  
Олеся Лафина

Nationality
  
Russian

Name
  
Olesya Lafina


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Sport
  
Paralympic powerlifting

Olympic finals
  
2012 Summer Paralympics

Olesya Lafina (RUS) 2.attempt: 110 kg - 2004 EPF European Women's Benchpress Championships


Olesya Lafina (Russian: Оле́ся Лафина) is a 34-year-old Russian Paralympic powerlifter who won the 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships which were held in Dubai on 7 April 2014. There, she competed against Lidiia Soloviova of Ukraine and Gihan Abdelaziz of Egypt who won silver and bronze respectively. In 2012 she won silver medal at the 2012 London Paralympic games in 50 kilograms (110 lb), 117 kilograms (258 lb) and 122 kilograms (269 lb) weightlifting and in 2013 won the European title. On May 23 she won a gold medal in Aleksin, Russia for her participation in the IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships.

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Olesya Lafina Wikipedia