Olena Kostevych

Olena Kostevych

Kostevych at the 2012 Olympics
Personal information
Full name Olena Dmytrivna 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 Ukraine Igor Cheredinov (Since 1996)[1]

Olena Dmytrivna Kostevych (Ukrainian: Олена Дмитрівна Костевич, born 14 April 1985) is a Ukrainian pistol shooter. She is the 2004 Olympic champion in the 10 metre air pistol event.

Personal life

Kostevych was born in Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. She is a student at the Chernihiv State Technological University in Chernihiv, Ukraine.

Career

Kostevych competes for Ukraine. At the age of 17, she 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 in Athens.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she placed 26th in the 25 metre pistol event and 31st in 10 metre air pistol. Her Ukrainian record of 394 is one point higher than the world record.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Kostevych won bronze medals in the 10 metre air pistol and 25 meter sport pistol competitions.[2][3] She won no medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Olympic results

Eve 2004 2008 2012
10 metre air pistol 1st, gold medalist(s) Gold
384+99.3
31st
378
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Bronze
387+99.6
25 metre pistol 27th
569
26th
575
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Bronze
788.6

References

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