Olena Kostevych

Olena Kostevych

Kostevych at the 2012 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Olena Dmytrivna Kostevych
Nationality	Ukraine
Born	(1985-04-14) 14 April 1985 (age 31) Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Education	Chernihiv State Technological University
Years active	2000–present
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Sport	Shooting
Event(s)	AP40, SP
Club	Dinamo
Coached by	Igor Cheredinov (Since 1996)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 - 2 World Championships 1 1 - European Championships 2 4 3 Olympic Games 2004 Athens 10 m air pistol 2012 London 10 m air pistol 2012 London 25 m pistol World Championships 2002 Lahti 10 m air pistol 2014 Granada 10 m air pistol European Championships 2015 Arnhem 10 m air pistol 2016 Győr 10 m air pistol 2003 Gothenburg 10 m air pistol 2004 Győr 10 m air pistol 2012 Vierumäki 10 m air pistol 2016 Győr Air pistol mixed team 2011 Brescia 10 m air pistol 2013 Odense Air pistol mixed team 2015 Maribor 25 m pistol Universiade 2011 Shenzhen 10 m air pistol 2011 Shenzhen 10 m air pistol team

Olena Dmytrivna Kostevych (Ukrainian: Олена Дмитрівна Костевич, born 14 April 1985) is a Ukrainian pistol shooter. She is the 2004 Olympic champion in the 10 metre air pistol event.

Kostevych was born in Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. She is a student at the Chernihiv State Technological University in Chernihiv, Ukraine.

Kostevych competes for Ukraine. At the age of 17, she won the 10 m air pistol event at the 2002 ISSF World Shooting Championships. She followed this with a victory in the 2003 ISSF World Cup Final, and an Olympic gold medal at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she placed 26th in the 25 metre pistol event and 31st in 10 metre air pistol. Her Ukrainian record of 394 is one point higher than the world record.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Kostevych won bronze medals in the 10 metre air pistol and 25 meter sport pistol competitions. She won no medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.