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Olha Zhovnir

Olha Zhovnir
Olha Zhovnir 2014-15 Orleans WC teams t103450.jpg
Personal information
Born (1989-06-08) 8 June 1989 (age 27)
Netishyn, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Weapon(s) sabre
Hand right-handed
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb)
National coach(es) Artem Skorokhod
Club CSKA
FIE Ranking current ranking

Olha Bohdanivna Zhovnir (Ukrainian: Ольга Богданівна Жовнір) (born 8 June 1989) is a Ukrainian fencer and member of the team which won the gold medal in sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

The Ukrainian team (she has stayed a member of) won gold in the Sabre final beating Russia during the 2010 European Fencing Championship. At the 2009 World Fencing Championships Zhovnir and her teammates beat France to win gold. The team won the title "Team of the Year" at the (Ukrainian) "Sports Heroes of the Year 2009" ceremony in April 2010.


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