Olesya Lafina

Olesya Lafina 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 , and 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.