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Elena Ivashchenko

Elena Ivashchenko
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Russia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2008 Levallois-Perret Open
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Open
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Paris +78 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Warsaw Open
Gold medal – first place 2009 Tbilisi +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2011 Istanbul +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2012 Chelyabinsk +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Novi Sad Open

Elena Ivashchenko (28 December 1984 – 15 June 2013) was a Russian judoka.

Ivashchenko was born in Omsk, Russia on 28 December 1984.

She won a silver medal (2008) and two bronze medals (2007, 2011) at the World Judo Championships (and World Open Judo Championships). She also had four gold medals (2007, 2009, 2011, 2012) and one bronze medal (2006) at the European Judo Championships. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the +78 kg event and lost in the repechage to Iryna Kindzerska.

She committed suicide in Tyumen, Russia, at the age of 28 on 15 June 2013.



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