Elena Chebanu

Elena Chebanu

Chebanu at the 2016 Paralympics
Personal information
Nationality	Ukraine (until 2015) Azerbaijan (since 2015)
Born	4 January 1981 (age 43) Kharkiv, Ukraine
Sport
Sport	Paralympic athletics
Disability class	T12
Event	Sprint
Medal record Representing Ukraine Summer Universiade 2007 Bangkok 100 m 2007 Bangkok 4×100 m relay Representing Azerbaijan Paralympic Games 2016 Rio 100 m – T12 2016 Rio 200 m – T12 IPC Athletics World Championships 2015 Doha 100 m – T12 2015 Doha 200 m – T12

Elena Chebanu (Ukrainian: Олена Чебану; born 4 January 1981) is a Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. She was born in Ukraine and initially took part in regular sprint events, but since 2015 competes for Azerbaijan in the visually impaired category T12. She won the silver medal in the 100 m – T12 event at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.

In the 200 metres she finished seventh at the 2006 European Championships and competed without reaching the final at the 2007 World Championships. In the 100 metres she won the silver medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade. Here she also won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay.

She also competed in relay at the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final. At the 2007 World Championships the Ukrainian team failed to finish the race. Her personal best times are 7.46 seconds in the 60 metres (indoor), achieved in January 2007 in Zaporizhzhya; 11.42 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in June 2006 in Kyiv; and 22.97 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in June 2006 in Málaga.