Elena Kratter

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Elena Kratter
Personal information
NationalitySwiss
Born (1996-07-05) 5 July 1996 (age 27)
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Sport
Sport Paralympic athletics
Disability class T63
Event(s) Long jump
Medal record
Women's para-athletics
Representing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Long jump T63
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Paris Long jump T63
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Bydgoszcz Long jump T63
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Bydgoszcz 100 m T63

Elena Kratter (born 5 July 1996) is a Swiss para-athlete who represented Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Career

Kratter competed at the 2019 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships and switched to para-athletics after sustaining a knee injury while skiing. [1] [2]

Kratter represented Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the long jump T63 event and won a bronze medal. [3]

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References

  1. "Elena Kratter". paralympic.org. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  2. "Elena Kratter - Swiss Paralympic - Biografie - Resultate". Swiss Paralympic (in German). Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  3. "Elena Kratter". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.