Yuliya Chernoy

Yuliya Chernoy was born in 1979

Chernoy was born on 6 December 1979 in Kazakhstan with mild cerebral palsy. It affects her right leg and right hand, and she walks with a stick. She immigrated to Israel without her family in 2000.

She works at the Israel Electric Corporation as an instructor and course manager. At 31 she took up para-sport, starting with para-triathlon. She trains at Beit HaLochem Tel Aviv with coach Guy Strick.

At the 2016 Rio Paralympics she rowed with Reuven Magnaji and placed ninth in the mixed double sculls. She then moved to rifle shooting and won a bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships in Australia. She represented Israel in shooting at the Tokyo Paralympics, held in August 2021.

In 2022 she won team gold at the European Championship and bronze at the World Championships in Abu Dhabi. In 2023 she won gold and bronze at the World Championships in Lima, Peru. She competed for Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. She is in a relationship with Efrat and is a mother of 2.