Aljakszandra Heraszimenja

Aljakszandra Heraszimenja is a Belarusian swimmer who won two silver medals at the 2012 London Olympics. After fleeing Belarus due to political persecution, she has sought refuge in Poland. Recently, she was in the news after being attacked by a man at a train station in Warsaw while she was conversing in Russian with a group of Ukrainian women, highlighting the increasing tensions and xenophobic sentiments against Ukrainians and Russians in Poland.