Olha Zhovnir

Olha Zhovnir

Personal information
Born	June 18, 1989
Medal record Women's Fencing Olympic Games Gold 2008 Beijing Team sabre World Championships Gold 2009 Antalya Team Sabre Silver 2010 Paris Team Sabre Silver 2011 Catania Team Sabre European Championships Gold Plovdiv 2009 Team Sabre Gold Leipzig 2010 Team Sabre

Olha Zhovnir (Ukrainian: Ольга Жовнір) (born June 18, 1989^[1] in Ostroh^[2]) is a Ukrainian fencer and member of the team which won the gold medal in sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[3]

The Ukrainian team (she has stayed a member of) won gold in the Sabre final beating Russia^[4][5] during the 2009 and 2010 European Fencing Championships.^[6] At the 2009 World Fencing Championships Zhovnir and her teammates beat France to win gold.^[7] The team won the title "Team of the Year" at the (Ukrainian) "Sports Heroes of the Year 2009" ceremony in April 2010.^[8]

References

1. ^ (Ukrainian) Володарями золотої олімпійської медалі у складі жіночої команди з фехтування на шаблях стали представники Центрального спортивного клубу Збройних Сил України Галина Пундик і Ольга Жовнір, Ukrainian ministry of defence (August 18, 2008)
2. ^ (Ukrainian) Ольга Жовнір: “За олімпійське золото отримала “Пежо” з іменним номером”, ОГО ()
3. ^ http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/9/246069.shtml
4. ^ Plovdiv said goodbye to the European Fencing Championships, European Fencing Confederation (July 19, 2009)
5. ^ (Ukrainian) Українські шаблісти вперше стали Чемпіонками Європи, перемігши у фіналі Росію, Korrespondent (July 20, 2009)
6. ^ (L-R) Ukraine's Olga Khomrova, Galyna Pundyk, Olga Zhovnir and Olga Kharlan pose with their gold medals during a ceremony for the women's fencing team sabre final at the European Fencing Championship in Leipzig, July 22, 2010, Daylife (July 22, 2010)
7. ^ Ukrainian women fencers win gold at World Championship, Den
8. ^ (Ukrainian) Галина Пундик, Ольга Жовнір та Олена Хомрова, UNIAN (April 7, 2010)

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Name	Zhovnir, Olha
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Short description	Ukrainian fencers
Date of birth	June 18, 1989
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