Oksana Khrul

Personal life Oksana Khrul was born with arthrogryposis, a congenital musculo-skeletal condition characterised by underdeveloped joints and muscles, which leaves her with limited use of her arms.

She started swimming at the age of nine after being taken to a pool by her mother.

Career

Khrul made her senior competitive debut in 2009 at the European Championships in Reykjavic, Iceland.

Khrul also took the 100m backstroke S6 bronze medal at the Rio games, behind Chinese swimmers Song Lingling and Lu Dong in gold and silver positions respectively. and she added the 100m Backstroke S6 silver and 100m Breaststroke SB7 bronze medals to her wins that year.

Khrul also took two more gold medals in the 100m Breaststroke SB7 and the 4 x 50m Medley Relay, and a silver medal in the 100m Backstroke S6 event.

Khrul won bronze in the Women's 50m Butterfly S6, behind Great Britain's Ellie Robinson on gold and Nicole Turner of Ireland who took silver.

Records

Khrul first set a new World record of 36.96 seconds in her heat at the 50m butterfly S6 at the 2012 London Paralympic games, and then broke that record again in the final with a time of 36.05 seconds. and in 2016 she was awarded the Order of Merit second class for her achievements at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, both by decree of President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine.

In 2018, Khrul received the Honoured Master of Sport in Ukraine title.