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Olena Kravatska

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Olena Kravatska
Kravatska in 2015
Personal information
Born (1992-06-22) 22 June 1992 (age 32)
Chernivtsi, Ukraine
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
WeaponSabre
Handright-handed
National coachArtem Skorokhod, Harnik Davydian
ClubCentral Sports Club of the Armed Forces
Head coachOleksandr Vasyutin
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Women's sabre
Representing  Ukraine
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Moscow Team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Kazan Team
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku Team
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Basel Team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Montreux Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Antalya Team
Military World Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Wuhan Team

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.

Career

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Kravatska 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

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Ukrainian Olena Kravatska takes bronze at European Juniors Fencing Championship in Russia". Ukrinform. 26 October 2010.
  4. ^ Raphaël Coquel (23 November 2014). "La Russe a dominé l'Italienne Gregorio en finale, hier soir". La République du Centre (in French).
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  • Profile at the European Fencing Confederation