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Elena Semechin

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Elena Semechin
Personal information
Born (1993-10-26) 26 October 1993 (age 32)
Novo-Voskresenovka (Andas batyr), Kazakhstan
Home townBerlin, Germany
Sport
Country Germany
SportParalympic swimming
DisabilityStargardt's disease
S12/SB12/SM12
ClubBerliner Schwimmteam
Coached byPhillip Semechin
Medal record
Women's para swimming
Representing  Germany
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 Tokyo100 m breaststroke SB13
Gold medal – first place2024 Paris100 m breaststroke SB12
Silver medal – second place2012 London100 m breaststroke SB13
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 Montreal100 m breaststroke SB13
Gold medal – first place2019 London100 m breaststroke SB13
Gold medal – first place2023 Manchester100 m breaststroke SB12
Silver medal – second place2022 Madeira100 m breaststroke SB13
Bronze medal – third place2013 Montreal50 m freestyle S13
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 Eindhoven100 m breaststroke SB13
Gold medal – first place2016 Funchal100 m breaststroke SB13
Gold medal – first place2018 Dublin50 m freestyle S12
Gold medal – first place2018 Dublin100 m breaststroke SB13
Gold medal – first place2018 Dublin200 m individual medley SM13
Silver medal – second place2014 Eindhoven50 m freestyle S13
Silver medal – second place2014 Eindhoven200 m individual medley SM13
Bronze medal – third place2018 Dublin100 m butterfly S12
Bronze medal – third place2018 Dublin100 m freestyle S12

Elena Semechin[1][2] (born 26 October 1993 as Elena Krawzow) is a blind German Paralympic swimmer who specializes in breaststroke and freestyle.[3][4] She has macular degeneration, leaving her with only 3% vision.[5]

Early life and career

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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.[5][6][7]

Krawzow won a silver medal in the 100m breaststroke - SB13 at the 2012 London Paralympics[5] before finishing fifth in the same event at Rio 2016.;[8] she went on to win the gold medal in the same category at Tokyo 2020.[9]

Personal life

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In October 2020 Krawzow appeared topless on the front cover of the German edition of Playboy.[5] She got engaged to her boyfriend Phillip Semechin in the aftermath of Tokyo 2020. In 2021 she was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour.[5] In 2021, she married her coach and took his last name.[1] On September 16, 2025, they became parents of a son.[2]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Vor Tumor-OP: Paralympics-Star Elena Krawzow hat geheiratet". www.promiflash.de (in German). 2 November 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Weltklasse-Schwimmerin wird erstmals Mutter". stern.de (in German). 17 September 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  3. ↑ "Elena Krawzow - IPC Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 13 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Elena Krawzow". Team Deutschland (in German). Archived from the original on 7 November 2019.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Elena Krawzow: The Paralympian who posed for Playboy magazine". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "Паралимпийка Елена Кравцова едет в Рио за медалью для Германии". liveberlin.ru. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  7. ↑ Apitius, Benjamin (10 September 2019). "So weit die Flügel tragen". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  8. ↑ "Women's 100m Breaststroke - SB13 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 16 May 2022.[permanent dead link]
  9. ↑ "Women's 100 metre breaststroke SB13 – Final results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
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