Olena Oleksandrivna Voronina (Ukrainian: Олена Олександрівна Вороніна; born 5 May 1990[1]) is a Ukrainian sabre fencer. She is the 2013 World team champion, 2015 European individual bronze medalist, and 2016 Olympic team silver medalist.

Olena Voronina
Voronina at the 2014 European Championships
Personal information
Native nameОлена Олександрівна Вороніна
NationalityUkrainian
Born (1990-05-05) 5 May 1990 (age 34)
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
CountryUkraine
SportFencing
EventSabre
Medal record
Women's sabre
Representing  Ukraine
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Budapest Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Moscow Team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Kazan Team
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Zagreb Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Novi Sad Team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Strasbourg Team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Montreux Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Montreux Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Antalya Team
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2009 Belgrade Team
Military World Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Wuhan Team

Life and career

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Voronina won a gold medal in the women's team sabre at the 2013 World Fencing Championships.[1][2][3] She and the Ukrainian team won bronze in 2014 and silver in 2015.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Voronina won the silver medal with team members Olha Kharlan, Alina Komashchuk, and Olena Kravatska.

Voronina lives in Kharkiv, Ukraine.[4] She is a student at the Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Personal Information: Olena Voronina". 2013 Summer Universiade official website. Archived from the original on 10 July 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Russia's Yuliya Gavrilova fights with Ukraine's Olena Voronina". Getty Images. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Olena Voronina". European Fencing Confederation. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  4. ^ "O. Vilkul: Construction of new sports venues to Eurobasket 2015 to give a new impetus to the development of Kharkov" (Press release). Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. 2013-08-16. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
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