Elena Ivashchenko
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's judo | ||
| World Championships | ||
| Bronze | 2007 Rio de Janeiro | Open |
| Silver | 2008 Levallois-Perret | Open |
| Bronze | 2011 Paris | +78 kg |
| European Championships | ||
| Bronze | 2006 Novi Sad | Open |
| Gold | 2007 Warsaw | Open |
| Gold | 2009 Tbilisi | +78 kg |
| Gold | 2011 Istanbul | +78 kg |
| Gold | 2012 Chelyabinsk | +78 kg |
Elena Ivashchenko (28 December 1984 – 15 June 2013) was a Russian judoka.[1]
Biography
Ivashchenko was born in Omsk, Russia on 28 December 1984.[2][3]
She won a silver medal (2008) and two bronze medals (2007, 2011) at the World Judo Championships (and World Open Judo Championships). She also had four gold medals (2007, 2009, 2011, 2012)[4] and one bronze medal (2006) at the European Judo Championships.[5] She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the +78 kg event and lost in the repechage to Iryna Kindzerska.[6]
She committed suicide in Tyumen, Russia, at the age of 28 on 15 June 2013.[7]
References
- ↑ Sports reference profile
- ↑ "Russian Judo Star Elena Ivashchenko Passed Away". European Judo Union. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- ↑ "Elena Ivashchenko". BBC. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- ↑ "Judo champ takes life over Olympics". Fox News (Moscow). AP. 19 June 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- ↑ Competition results archive from the European Judo Union
- ↑ London 2012 profile
- ↑ Russian Judo Star Committed Suicide - Investigators; The Voice of Russia
External links
- Elena Ivashchenko at JudoInside.com
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