Olena Kryvytska
Olena Kryvytska | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Olena Serhiyivna Kryvytska |
Born | Rostov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | 23 February 1987
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Ukraine |
Sport | Fencing |
Weapon | Épée |
Hand | Right-handed |
FIE ranking | current ranking |
Olena Serhiivna Kryvytska (Ukrainian: Олена Сергіївна Кривицькa; born 23 February 1987) is a Ukrainian fencer.
Career
[edit]Kryvytska has won three world championship bronze medals.[1] She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's épée, and was defeated in the second round.[2] She was also part of the Ukrainian women's épée team that finished in 8th place.[3]
She originally took up fencing in Ternopil, Ukraine, having moved there from Russia in the early 1990s.[4]
In March 2022, speaking of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, she said her fellow athletes from Russia: "need to pick a side. Too many are keeping quiet and saying nothing. That's not acceptable, because they're involved; they belong to Russia. If they have a lot of followers on Instagram, they have to speak out and say that they are on the side of peace, and that their president is doing terrible things."[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Olena Kryvytska". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 July 2012.
- ^ "Olena Kryvytska". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olena Kryvytska". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "FIE Biography". fie.html.infostradasports.com/. FIE. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "Ukrainian fencer Olena Kryvytska: 'I hope to wake up without war' | DW | 05.03.2022". Deutsche Welle.
External links
[edit]- Olena Kryvytska at the International Fencing Federation
- Olena Kryvytska at the European Fencing Confederation (archive)
- Olena Kryvytska at Olympics.com
- Ukrainian female épée fencers
- Olympic fencers for Ukraine
- Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Summer World University Games medalists in fencing
- People from Rostov
- 1987 births
- Living people
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Ukraine
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Ukraine
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Ukraine
- Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
- Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Ukrainian sportswomen
- European Games competitors for Ukraine
- Fencers at the 2023 European Games
- Military World Games silver medalists for Ukraine
- Military World Games medalists in fencing
- Fencers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- European fencing biography stubs
- Ukrainian martial arts biography stubs