Hanna Ivanivna Lytvynenko (, also known as Ganna Lytvynenko, born 22 December 1970) is a Ukrainian deaf

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. She is 2002 and 2007 WIDEX Sportswoman of the Year finalist.

Career

Lytvynenko began to swim in the age of 9 and debuted her professional career in the age of 11. In 1980, Lytvynenko won a gold medal at the Ukrainian SSR deaf swimming championships. Three years later, she won a Soviet Union deaf swimming championships. Since 1993, Lytvynenko was a member of Ukrainian national team. In that year, she made her Deaflympic debut in the

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which was held in

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, where she claimed a silver medal in 50 metres freestyle. In 1994, at the European Deaf Swimming Championships in

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Lytvynenko received a gold medal in 50 metres freestyle and a silver one in 100 metres freestyle. In 1997, at the

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, Lytvynenko won a second silver medal in 100 metres freestyle. She also broke a world deaf record in 50 metres freestyle (28.05 seconds). Four years later, at the

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Lytvynenko received three gold medals in 50, 100 and 200 metres freestyle and a silver one in 100 metres butterfly. She again broke two world deaf records in 50 metres freestyle (28.02 and 27.78 seconds). In 2002, Lytvynenko competed at the European Deaf Swimming Championships in

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, winning two gold medals in 50 and 100 metres freestyle and a bronze one in 400 metres freestyle. In that year, she was a WIDEX Sportswoman of the Year finalist. At the

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Lytvynenko she repeated her achievement of the previous Summer Deaflympics, winning three gold medals in 50, 100 and 200 metres freestyle. She also broke two world deaf records in 50 metres (27.39 seconds) and 100 metres (59.29 seconds) freestyle. At the 2006 European Deaf Swimming Championships in

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Lytvynenko received three gold medals in 50, 100 and 200 metres freestyle with a new world deaf record in 100 metres freestyle (58.90 seconds). In 2007, Lytvynenko made her debut at the World Deaf Swimming Championships in

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, where she won three gold medals in 50, 100 and 200 metres freestyle, a silver one in 4 x 100 metres medley relay and bronze ones in 4 x 100 and 4 x 200 metres relay. At these World Championships she broke a new world deaf record in 100 metres freestyle (58.05 seconds). In that year, she was a WIDEX Sportswoman of the Year finalist. Two years later, Lytvynenko competed at the

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, where she won three gold medals in 50, 100 metres freestyle and 4 x 100 freestyle relay, two silver ones in 200 metres freestyle and 4 x 200 metres freestyle relay and a bronze one in 4 x 100 medley relay. She also broke three world deaf records in 50 metres (26.79 and 26.15 seconds) and 100 metres (57.29 seconds) freestyle. In 2010, she competed at the European Deaf Swimming Championships in

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, winning five gold medals in 50, 100 and 200 metres freestyle, 4 x 200 metres freestyle relay and 4 x 100 metres medley relay. The following year, Lytvynenko won a gold medal in 4 x 100 metres freestyle relay and three silver ones in 100 metres freestyle, 4 x 200 metres freestyle relay and 4 x 100 medley relay at the World Deaf Swimming Championships in

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. At the

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Lytvynenko won a gold medal in 100 metres freestyle, three silver ones in 50 metres freestyle, 4 x 100 medley relay and 4 x 200 freestyle relay and a bronze one in 4 x 100 freestyle relay. After her last Deaflympics in 2013 she finished her swimming career. Lytvynenko is currently a swimming coach at the youth sports school "Chance".

References

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