Oxana Vladimirovna Slesarenko (; born April 27, 1970, in Sverdlovsk, USSR) is a Russian wheelchair curler. Career She is a member of the local sports club "Rodnik" (Yekaterinburg), where she started wheelchair curling in 2003. It was the first wheelchair curling team in Russia. She was a participant of the 2014 Winter Paralympic games and eight World Wheelchair Curling Championships. She injured her spinal cord in a car accident in 1986 when she was at the age of 16. Awards Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" I class (17 March 2014) – for the huge contribution to the development of physical culture and sports, and for the high athletic performances at the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi Merited Master of Sports of Russia (2013) International Paralympic Committee Athlete of the Month: February 2012. Teams References External links Profile at International Paralympic Committee site (old version) Profile at Russian National Paralympic Committee site Video: Living people 1970 births Sportspeople from Yekaterinburg Russian female curlers Russian wheelchair curlers Paralympic medalists in wheelchair curling Paralympic silver medalists for Russia Wheelchair curlers at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Paralympic wheelchair curlers of Russia World wheelchair curling champions Recipients of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" I class 21st-century Russian women