Hand right-handed FIE Ranking current ranking Weapons Sabre Club CSKA Height 1.65 m | Role Olympic athlete Weight 55 kg (121 lb) Name Olha Zhovnir | |
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Similar People Olha Kharlan, Halyna Pundyk, Olena Khomrova, Mariel Zagunis, Sada Jacobson | ||
National coach(es) Artem Skorokhod | ||
Olympic Women's Team Sabre Ukraine GOLD
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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