Olena Kravatska
Olena Vitaliyivna Kravatska (Ukrainian: Олена Віталіївна Краватська; born 22 June 1992) is a Ukrainian sabre fencer. Competing in team events, she is the 2015 World silver medalist and 2016 Olympic silver medalist.
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 Kravatska in 2015 | |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 22 June 1992 Chernivtsi, Ukraine |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Fencing |
| Weapon | Sabre |
| Hand | right-handed |
| National coach | Artem Skorokhod, Harnik Davydian |
| Club | Central Sports Club of the Armed Forces |
| Head coach | Oleksandr Vasyutin |
| FIE ranking | current ranking |
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Career
Kravatska won a silver medal in the 2010 Junior European Championships[1] and a team gold medal the same year in the Junior World Championships.
In the 2013–14 season she took part in her first major competition amongst seniors. At the European Championships in Strasbourg, she ranked 2nd after the pools and received a bye. She was then defeated in the table of 32 by Germany's Sibylle Klemm and finished 17th. At the World Championships in Kazan, she was defeated in the table of 64 by Olympic silver medal Sofiya Velikaya. In the team event, she was selected as reserve into the Ukrainian team. They defeated first Japan, then South Korea before falling 44–45 to the United States. Ukraine overcame Italy in the small final to earn a bronze medal.
In the 2014–15 season Kravatska climbed her first World Cup with a bronze medal in the Orléans World Cup.[2]
References
- "Ukrainian Olena Kravatska takes bronze at European Juniors Fencing Championship in Russia". Ukrinform. 26 October 2010.
- Raphaël Coquel (23 November 2014). "La Russe a dominé l'Italienne Gregorio en finale, hier soir". La République du Centre (in French).
External links
- Profile at the European Fencing Confederation