Elena Chebanu

{{short description|Ukrainian-Azerbaijani Paralympic sprinter}}

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| birth_place = Kharkiv, Ukraine[http://old.atn.ua/newsread.php?id=19030 Харьковчанка Елена Чебану показала свое лучшее время в беге на 200 метров]. atn.ua (29 August 2007)

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{{MedalCompetition|Summer Universiade}}

{{MedalSilver|2007 Bangkok|100 m}}

{{MedalBronze|2007 Bangkok|4×100 m relay}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver| 2016 Rio | 100 m – T12}}

{{MedalBronze| 2016 Rio | 200 m – T12}}

{{MedalCompetition|IPC Athletics World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Doha|100 m – T12}}

{{MedalBronze|2015 Doha|200 m – T12}}

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Elena Chebanu ({{langx|uk|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.[https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/athlete/elena-chebanu Elena Chebanu] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922201609/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/athlete/elena-chebanu |date=22 September 2016 }}. rio2016.com

In the 200 metres she finished seventh at the 2006 European Championships and competed without reaching the final at the 2007 World Championships.{{World Athletics}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/athletics/world/2009/Women_4x100m_Relay.html|title=Women 4x100m Relay Athletics World Championship 2009 Berlin (GER)|publisher=Todor Krastev|accessdate=18 March 2010}} At the 2007 World Championships the Ukrainian team failed to finish the race.{{cite web|url=http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/results/gender=W/discipline=4X1/combCode=hash/roundCode=h/result.html |title=4x100 Metres Relay – W Heats |date=1 September 2007 |publisher=IAAF |accessdate=18 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630081937/http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/results/gender%3DW/discipline%3D4X1/combCode%3Dhash/roundCode%3Dh/result.html |archivedate=30 June 2009 }} 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.