Volha Silkina (Belarusian: Вольга Сілкіна; born 27 May 1995) is a Belarusian modern pentathlete. She won the gold medal in the women's individual event at the 2019 World Modern Pentathlon Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[1] She also won the gold medal in the women's team event together with Anastasiya Prokopenko and Iryna Prasiantsova.
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| Native name | Вольга Сілкіна | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 May 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Belarus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Modern pentathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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She competed at the European Modern Pentathlon Championships in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
She represented Belarus at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2]
References
edit- ^ "UIPM 2019 Pentathlon and Laser Run World Championships: Silkina (BLR) claims the crown". UIPM. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ "Pentathletes Volha Silkina, Iryna Prasiantsova secure Tokyo Olympics berths | Belarus News | Belarusian news | Belarus today | news in Belarus | Minsk news | BELTA". eng.belta.by. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
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