Tetyana Berezhna

Tetyana Mykolayivna Berezhna (Ukrainian: Тетяна Миколаївна Бережна; born 13 November 1982) is an archer from Ukraine.

Tetyana Berezhna
Personal information
Full nameTetyana Mykolayivna Berezhna
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Medal record
Women's Archery
Representing  Ukraine
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2005 Izmir Team
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Daegu Team

Berezhna represented Ukraine at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 14th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 640. In the first round of elimination, she faced 51st-ranked Fotini Vavatsi of Greece. Berezhna defeated Vavatsi, winning 160-156 in the 18-arrow match to advance to the round of 32. In that round, she faced Jennifer Nichols of the United States, losing to the 19th-ranked archer 163-160 in the regulation 18 arrows. Berezhna finished 18th in women's individual archery. Berezhna was also a member of the 6th-place Ukrainian team in the women's team archery competition.[1]

External images
image icon Tetyana Berezhna at 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing at ETimes
image icon Tetyana Berezhna from www.archery.ua
image icon Tetyana Berezhna at rcherz.com

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Berezhna finished her ranking round with a total of 627 points. This gave her the 38th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Zhang Juanjuan in the first round. The local Chinese home favourite who was the 27th seed would win the confrontation with 109-97 and would eventually go on to win the gold medal.[2]

She served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tetiana Berezhna". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016.
  2. Athlete biography: Tetyana Berezhna, beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 23 2008
  3. "Місце шани та вдячності" [A Place of Honour and Gratitude]. Kharkiv Professional Pre-Higher College of Sport (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2023-02-25. Retrieved 2023-05-03.


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