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.

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 placePlovdiv 2009Team sabre
Gold medal – first placeLeipzig 2010Team sabre
Silver medal – second place2007 Gand Team sabre
Silver medal – second place2008 Kiev Team sabre
Silver medal – second place2011 SheffieldTeam sabre
Silver medal – second place2012 LegnanoTeam sabre
Bronze medal – third place2005 Zalaegerszeg Team sabre
Bronze medal – third place2007 Gand Sabre
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2011 Shenzhen Team sabre

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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