Olha Zhovnir

Olha Zhovnir
Personal information
Born (1989-06-08) 8 June 1989
Netishyn, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Weapon(s) sabre
Hand right-handed
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb)
National coach(es) Artem Skorokhod
Club CSKA
FIE Ranking current ranking

Olha Bohdanivna Zhovnir (Ukrainian: Ольга Богданівна Жовнір) (born 8 June 1989[1]) is a Ukrainian fencer and member of the team which won the gold medal in sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2]

The Ukrainian team (she has stayed a member of) won gold in the Sabre final beating Russia during the 2010 European Fencing Championship.[3] At the 2009 World Fencing Championships Zhovnir and her teammates beat France to win gold.[4] The team won the title "Team of the Year" at the (Ukrainian) "Sports Heroes of the Year 2009" ceremony in April 2010.[5]

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