Olha Zhovnir
Olha Zhovnir
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Olha Zhovnir (Ukrainian: Ольга Жовнір) (born June 18, 1989[1] in Ostroh[2]) is a Ukrainian fencer and member of the team which won the gold medal in sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[3]
The Ukrainian team (she has stayed a member of) won gold in the Sabre final beating Russia[4][5] during the 2009 and 2010 European Fencing Championships.[6] At the 2009 World Fencing Championships Zhovnir and her teammates beat France to win gold.[7] The team won the title "Team of the Year" at the (Ukrainian) "Sports Heroes of the Year 2009" ceremony in April 2010.[8]
References
- ^ (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)
- ^ (Ukrainian) Ольга Жовнір: “За олімпійське золото отримала “Пежо” з іменним номером”, ОГО ()
- ^ http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/9/246069.shtml
- ^ Plovdiv said goodbye to the European Fencing Championships, European Fencing Confederation (July 19, 2009)
- ^ (Ukrainian) Українські шаблісти вперше стали Чемпіонками Європи, перемігши у фіналі Росію, Korrespondent (July 20, 2009)
- ^ (L-R) Ukraine's Olga Khomrova, Galyna Pundyk, Olga Zhovnir and Olga Kharlan pose with their gold medals during a ceremony for the women's fencing team sabre final at the European Fencing Championship in Leipzig, July 22, 2010, Daylife (July 22, 2010)
- ^ Ukrainian women fencers win gold at World Championship, Den
- ^ (Ukrainian) Галина Пундик, Ольга Жовнір та Олена Хомрова, UNIAN (April 7, 2010)
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Zhovnir, Olha |
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Ukrainian fencers |
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June 18, 1989 |
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