Olena Kostevych

Olena Kostevych

Personal information
Full name	Olena Kostevych
Nationality	Ukraine
Born	(1985-04-14) 14 April 1985 Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1]
Education	Chernihiv State Technological University[1]
Years active	2000–present
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport	Shooting
Event(s)	AP40, SP
Club	Dinamo[1]
Coached by	Igor Cheredinov (Since 1996)[1]
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 - 2 World Championships 1 - - European Championships - 3 1 Olympic Games Gold 2004 Athens 10 m air pistol Bronze 2012 London 10 m air pistol Bronze 2012 London 25 m pistol Universiade Bronze 2011 Shenzhen 10 m air pistol Bronze 2011 Shenzhen 10 m air pistol team

Olena Kostevych (Ukrainian: Олена Костевич, born 14 April 1985) is a pistol shooter from Chernihiv, Ukraine. She was born in Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.

At the age of 17, Kostevych won the 10 m Air Pistol event at the 2002 ISSF World Shooting Championships. She followed this with a victory in the 2003 ISSF World Cup Final, and an Olympic gold medal at the 2004 Olympics. She is currently a student. At the 2008 Olympics, she was placed in 26th place 25 metre pistol and 31st in 10 metre air pistol. Her Ukrainian record of 394 is one point higher than the world record.

At the 2012 Olympics in London Olena Kostevych won two bronze medals in 10 metre air pistol and 25 meter sport pistol competitions.^[2][3]

Olympic results

Event	2004	2008	2012
10 metre air pistol	01 ! Gold 384+99.3	31st 378	03 ! Bronze 387+99.6
25 metre pistol	27th 569	26th 575	03 ! Bronze 788.6

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  Olena Kostevych
  World Cup'06 in Munich, Women's Air Pistol event

References

External links

• Kostevych's profile at ISSF NEWS