Olena Khomrova
Personal information
BornMay 16, 1987 (1987-05-16) (age 36)
Mykolaiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Sport
ClubDynamo
Medal record
Women's fencing
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team sabre
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Antalya Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 2007 St. Petersburg Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 2010 Paris Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 2011 Catania Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 2012 Kyiv Team sabre
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Paris Individual sabre
European Championships
Gold medal – first place Plovdiv 2009 Team sabre
Gold medal – first place Leipzig 2010 Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 2007 Gand Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 2008 Kiev Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 2011 Sheffield Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 2012 Legnano Team sabre
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Zalaegerszeg Team sabre
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Gand Sabre
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2007 Bangkok Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 2011 Shenzhen Team sabre

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.

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

  1. ^ "Athlete - the official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games". results.beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 14 August 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  2. ^ (in Ukrainian) Нетішинські фехтувальниці завоювали для України першу золоту медаль на Олімпіаді у Пекіні, Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine (August 14, 2008)
  3. ^ Plovdiv said goodbye to the European Fencing Championships Archived 2010-07-03 at the Wayback Machine, European Fencing Confederation (July 19, 2009)
  4. ^ (in Ukrainian) Українські шаблісти вперше стали Чемпіонками Європи, перемігши у фіналі Росію, Korrespondent (July 20, 2009)
  5. ^ (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)
  6. ^ Ukrainian women fencers win gold at World Championship, Den
  7. ^ (in Ukrainian) Галина Пундик, Ольга Жовнір та Олена Хомрова, UNIAN (April 7, 2010)
  8. ^ "Олимпийская чемпионка Елена Хомровая стала мамой". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-11-15.


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