Olha Zhovnir
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8 June 1989 Netishyn, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapon(s) | sabre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National coach(es) | Artem Skorokhod | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIE Ranking | current ranking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Olha Bohdanivna Zhovnir (Ukrainian: Ольга Богданівна Жовнір) (born 8 June 1989[1]) is a Ukrainian fencer and member of the team which won the gold medal in sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2]
The Ukrainian team (she has stayed a member of) won gold in the Sabre final beating Russia during the 2010 European Fencing Championship.[3] At the 2009 World Fencing Championships Zhovnir and her teammates beat France to win gold.[4] The team won the title "Team of the Year" at the (Ukrainian) "Sports Heroes of the Year 2009" ceremony in April 2010.[5]
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- ↑ (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)
- ↑ http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/9/246069.shtml
- ↑ (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)