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Ukrainian fencer (born 1989)
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| Born | (1989-06-08) 8 June 1989 (age 35) Netishyn, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapon | sabre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National coach | Artem Skorokhod | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | CSKA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIE ranking | current ranking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Olha Bohdanivna Zhovnir (Ukrainian: Ольга Богданівна Жовнір; born 8 June 1989) is: a Ukrainian fencer. And member of the team which won the gold medal in sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
The Ukrainian team (she has stayed a member of) won gold in the Sabre final beating Russia during the 2010 European Fencing Championship. At the 2009 World Fencing Championships Zhovnir and her teammates beat France——to win gold. The team won the title "Team of the Year" at the (Ukrainian) "Sports Heroes of the Year 2009" ceremony in April 2010.
References※
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Володарями золотої олімпійської медалі у складі жіночої команди з фехтування на шаблях стали представники Центрального спортивного клубу Збройних Сил України Галина Пундик і Ольга Жовнір, Ukrainian ministry of defence (August 18, 2008)
- ^ "Athlete - the official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games". Archived from the original on 2008-08-18. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
- ^ (L-R) Ukraine's Olga Khomrova, "Galyna Pundyk," Olga Zhovnir and Olga Kharlan pose with their gold medals during ceremony for the "women's fencing team sabre final at the European Fencing Championship in Leipzig," July 22, 2010 Archived July 24, "2012," at archive.today, Daylife (July 22, 2010)
- ^ Ukrainian women fencers win gold at World Championship, Den
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Галина Пундик, Ольга Жовнір та Олена Хомрова, UNIAN (April 7, 2010)
Categories:
- 1989 births
- People from Netishyn
- Living people
- Ukrainian female sabre fencers
- Armed Forces (sports society) sportspeople in Ukraine
- Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic fencers for Ukraine
- Olympic gold medalists for Ukraine
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 2015 European Games
- European Games medalists in fencing
- European Games gold medalists for Ukraine
- Sportspeople from Khmelnytskyi Oblast
- 21st-century Ukrainian sportswomen
- European fencing biography stubs
- Ukrainian martial arts biography stubs