Halyna Pundyk

Halyna Vasylivna Pundyk (Ukrainian: Галина Василівна Пундик; born November 7, 1987[1][2]) is a Ukrainian gold medallist in sabre fencing. She was a member of the team that won the gold medal in sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Halyna Pundyk
Personal information
Native nameГалина Пундик
Born (1987-11-07) November 7, 1987
Chotyrboky, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
SportFencing
Weaponsabre
Handright-handed
National coachArtem Skorokhod
ClubCSKA
Head coachValery Shturbabin
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Women's sabre
Representing  Ukraine
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team sabre
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Antalya Team sabre
Gold medal – first place 2013 Budapest Team sabre
Silver medal – second place2007 Saint PetersburgTeam
Silver medal – second place 2010 Paris Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 2011 Catania Team Sabre
Silver medal – second place2012 Kiev Team sabre
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2009 PlovdivTeam sabre
Gold medal – first place2010 LeipzigTeam sabre
Silver medal – second place2008 Kiev Team sabre
Silver medal – second place2011 SheffieldTeam sabre
Silver medal – second place2012 LegnanoTeam Sabre
Silver medal – second place2013 ZagrebTeam Sabre
Bronze medal – third place2005 Zalaegerszeg Team sabre
Bronze medal – third place2007 Gand Sabre
Bronze medal – third place2009 PlovdivSabre
Bronze medal – third place2011 SheffieldSabre
Bronze medal – third place2014 StrasbourgTeam Sabre
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place2007 BangkokIndividual
Silver medal – second place 2011 Shenzhen Team sabre
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kazan Sabre

The Ukrainian women's team 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 Pundyk and her teammates beat France to win gold.[6] The team won the title "Team of the Year" at the (Ukrainian) "Sports Heroes of the Year 2009" ceremony in April 2010.[7]

Halyna's brother, Dmytro, is also a high-performance fencer.

References
  1. "Athlete Biography: PUNDYK Halyna". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on August 18, 2008. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  2. (in Ukrainian) Нетішинські фехтувальниці завоювали для України першу золоту медаль на Олімпіаді у Пекіні Archived March 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine (August 14, 2008)
  3. Plovdiv said goodbye to the European Fencing Championships Archived July 3, 2010, 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)


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