Olena Kostevych

Olena Dmytrivna Kostevych (Ukrainian: Олена Дмитрівна Костевич, born 14 April 1985) is a Ukrainian pistol shooter. She is the 2004 Olympic champion in the 10 metre air pistol event, 2002 World champion in 10 m air pistol event and 2018 World champion in 25 m pistol event. She is also multiple European Championships champion and medalist as well as Universiade champion.

Olena Kostevych
Kostevych at the 2012 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameOlena Dmytrivna Kostevych
NationalityUkrainian
Born (1985-04-14) 14 April 1985
Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1]
EducationChernihiv State Technological University[1]
Years active2000–
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Weight53 kg (117 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryUkraine
SportShooting
Event(s)AP40, SP
ClubDinamo[1]
Coached byIgor Cheredinov[1]

Personal life

Kostevych was born in Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. She is a student at the Chernihiv State Technological University in Chernihiv, Ukraine.

Career

Kostevych competes for Ukraine. At the age of 17, she won the 10 m air pistol event at the 2002 ISSF World Shooting Championships. She followed this with a victory in the 2003 ISSF World Cup Final, and an Olympic gold medal at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she placed 26th in the 25 metre pistol event and 31st in 10 metre air pistol. Her Ukrainian record of 394 is one point higher than the world record.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Kostevych won bronze medals in the 10 metre air pistol and 25 meter sport pistol competitions.[2][3] She won no medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Olympic results
Eve 2004 2008 2012 2016
10 metre air pistol Gold
384+99.3		 31st
378		 Bronze
387+99.6		 28th
378
25 metre pistol 27th
569		 26th
575		 Bronze
788.6		 22nd
575
  • Olena Kostevych
    World Cup'06 in Munich, Women's Air Pistol event

Records
Current world records held in 10 meter air pistol
Women Qualification 587  Anna Korakaki (GRE)
 Olena Kostevych (UKR)		 May 12, 2018
May 29, 2019		 Fort Benning (USA)
Munich (GER)

References
  1. "2012 Olympics Official Profile". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2012.
  2. "Костевич приносить Україні першу медаль". Champion.com.ua.
  3. "Shooting: South Korea's Kim Jangmi wins women's 25m pistol". BBC.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.