Inna Cherniak

Inna Cherniak

File:Inna Cherniak Rio2016d.jpg Cherniak at the 2016 Paralympics
Personal information
Born	26 March 1988 (1988-03-26) (age 38) Zaporizhia, Ukraine
Died
Occupation	Judoka
Sport
Country	Ukraine
Sport	Judo, sambo
Weight class	–52 kg, –57 kg
Achievements and titles
Paralympic Games	Gold (2016)
World Champ.	Gold (2014, 2018)
European Champ.	Gold (2013, 2015, 2015, 2019)
Medal record Representing Ukraine Women's Paralympic judo Paralympic Games Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro –57 kg IBSA World Championships and Games Gold medal – first place 2014 Colorado –57 kg Gold medal – first place 2018 Lisbon –52 kg Silver medal – second place 2015 Seoul –57 kg European Games Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku –57 kg IBSA European Judo Championships Gold medal – first place 2013 Eger –57 kg Gold medal – first place 2015 Odivelas –57 kg Gold medal – first place 2019 Genoa –52 kg Women's judo European Cadet Championships Silver medal – second place 2004 Rotterdam –40 kg Women's sambo Summer Universiade Silver medal – second place 2013 Kazan –52 kg
Profile at external databases
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Inna Mikolaevna Cherniak (Ukrainian: Інна Миколаївна Черняк, born 26 March 1988) is a Ukrainian judo and sambo practitioner.

Career

Despite being visually impaired from birth she competes both against sighted and visually impaired people. Her twin sister Maryna is not visually impaired and takes part in regular judo tournaments. To avoid competing against each other the sisters often split the events. For example, at the 2013 World Championships, Inna competed in the 52 kg and Maryna in the 48 kg division. At the 2013 Universiade, both sisters won medals in the 52 kg category, but Inna in sambo and Maryna in judo. In 2016, Inna won a gold medal in judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, while Maryna was eliminated in her second bout at the 2016 Summer Olympics.