Olena Khomrova
Olena Khomrova (Ukrainian: Олена Хомрова; born May 16, 1987[1] in Mykolaiv[2]) is a Ukrainian fencer and member of the team which won the gold medal in sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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| Born | May 16, 1987 (age 33) Mykolaiv, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
The Ukrainian team (she has stayed a member of) won gold in the Sabre final beating Russia[3][4] during the 2009 and 2010 European Fencing Championships.[5] At the 2009 World Fencing Championships Khomrova and her teammates beat France to win gold.[6]
The team won the title "Team of the Year" at the (Ukrainian) "Heroes of Sports Year 2009" ceremony in April 2010.[7]
Personal life
Olena Khomrova is married to Sergiy Gladyr, a Ukrainian basketball player. They have one daughter, Eva.[8]
References
- (in Ukrainian) Нетішинські фехтувальниці завоювали для України першу золоту медаль на Олімпіаді у Пекіні, Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine (August 14, 2008)
- Plovdiv said goodbye to the European Fencing Championships Archived 2010-07-03 at the Wayback Machine, European Fencing Confederation (July 19, 2009)
- (in Ukrainian) Українські шаблісти вперше стали Чемпіонками Європи, перемігши у фіналі Росію, Korrespondent (July 20, 2009)
- (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 Archived July 24, 2012, at Archive.today, Daylife (July 22, 2010)
- Ukrainian women fencers win gold at World Championship, Den
- (in Ukrainian) Галина Пундик, Ольга Жовнір та Олена Хомрова, UNIAN (April 7, 2010)
- "Олимпийская чемпионка Елена Хомровая стала мамой". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-11-15.
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