Larisa Marinenkova

Larisa Marinenkova is a Moldovan powerlifter who has competed at three Summer Paralympics for her country, and won medals in the IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships and 2017 World Para Paralifting World Cup.

Larisa Marinenkova
Personal information
National teamMoldova
Sport
CountryMoldova
SportPowerlifting
Weight class73 kg
Medal record
Women's powerlifting
Representing  Moldova
IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships
2013 Aleksin73 kg
World Para Paralifting World Cup
2017 Eger73 kg
Updated on 14 November 2017.

Career

As a child, Larisa Marienkova contracted polio, resulting in permanent muscle weakness. She eventually moved to sports, despite the lack of adapted facilities in Moldova. In 2008, she finished eight in her weight class at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China.[1] Marienkova won the bronze medal in her weight class at the International Paralympic Committee Powerlifting Open European Championships in 2013 at Aleksin, Russia.[2]

She was selected as one of two members of the Moldovan team for the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, England.[3] However, she was unable to lift the standard weight set, something that she was severely disappointed about and drove her to compete at the following Games.[1]

She finished seventh in her event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Government of Moldova gave her an additional 300,000 Moldovan leu because of her success at the Games.[4] This was awarded some six months after it was initially announced, following a public complaint by fellow athlete Zalina Marghieva.[5]

At the 2017 World Para Paralifting World Cup in Eger, Hungary, Marienkova finished in second place behind Egypt's Rehab Abougharbya. Marienkova's largest lift was 88 kilograms (194 lb), while Abourgharbya's was 115 kilograms (254 lb).[6]

References
  1. Vitu, Valeria (7 September 2016). ""Mi-aș dori ca Jocurile Paralimpice să fie depolitizate" Interviu Audio". rfi (in Romanian). Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  2. "Larisa Marinenkova" (in French). Coeur Handisport. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  3. "Participation at the London 2012 Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony". Embassy of the Republic of Moldova to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  4. "Cabinet awards sportsmen with outstanding performances at Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games". The Government of the Republic of Moldova. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  5. Sârbu, Ştefan (2 January 2017). "Sportivii din Moldova cu performanţe la Rio îşi vor primi în sfârşit onorariile". The Epoch Times (in Romanian). Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  6. "Egyptian powerlifters win hat-trick of World Cup titles". Paralympic.org. 6 May 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
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