Olena Vitaliyivna Kravatska (Ukrainian: Олена Віталіївна Краватська; born 22 June 1992) is a Ukrainian sabre fencer. She is an Olympic champion and silver medallist in the team sabre event. Kravatska won the gold medal in the team sabre event at the 2024 Summer Olympics and the silver medal in the team sabre event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1][2] She is also a World Championships silver and bronze medallist, European Games champion, and European Championships silver and two-time bronze medallist in the team sabre.
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| Born | 22 June 1992 Chernivtsi, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editKravatska won a silver medal in the 2010 Junior European Championships[3] and a team gold medal that same year at the Junior World Championships.
In the 2013–14 season she took part in her first major senior competitions. At the 2014 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 2014 World Championships in Kazan, she was defeated in the table of 64 by Olympic silver medalist Sofiya Velikaya. In the team event, she was selected as reserve into the Ukrainian team. The team first defeated 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.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Ukraine fight back in women's fencing to secure first gold of Paris Olympics". The Guardian. 2024-08-03. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
- ^ Hodunova, Kateryna (2024-08-03). "Ukraine's saber team on the hunt for Paris Olympic medal after bouncing back from years of failure". The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
- ^ "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
edit- Profile at the European Fencing Confederation