Olena Khomrova

Olena Khomrova
Personal information
Born May 16, 1987 (1987-05-16) (age 31)
Mykolaiv, Ukraine
Sport
Club Dynamo
Medal record
Women's fencing
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing Team sabre
World Championships
2009 Antalya Team sabre
2007 St. Petersburg Team sabre
2010 Paris Team sabre
2011 Catania Team sabre
2010 Paris Individual sabre
European Championships
Plovdiv 2009Team sabre
Leipzig 2010Team sabre
2008 Kiev Team sabre
2011 SheffieldTeam sabre
2012 LegnanoTeam sabre
Universiade
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. ↑
  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.is, 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


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