Anna Lysenko Explained

Anna Lysenko
Weight Class:Welterweight
Nationality:Ukrainian
Birth Date:22 December 1991

Anna Lysenko (Ukrainian: Анна Лисенко, born 22 December 1991) is a Ukrainian boxer.

Career

She represented Ukraine at the 2016 World Championships and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Lysenko was the only female boxing Olympian from Ukraine at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1]

She studied law in the Academy of Advocacy of Ukraine in Kyiv.[2]

In the 2019 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships in Alcobendas, Madrid she reached quarterfinals.[3]

As an athlete, Lysenko represents the Central sports club of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during qualification to the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]

In an interview to "Utro Doma" Lysenko said that she started her boxing career at 17 and her first coach was Oleksandr Salenko who trained her about 12-13 years.[5]

Notes and References

  1. https://noc-ukr.org/news/21716/ Анна Лисенко: «Я не прощаюся, повернуся ще сильнішою»
  2. Web site: Anna Lysenko. Olympics . 29 July 2021.
  3. http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/European_wom_Champs2019.pdf 2019 EUBC Women´s European Championship
  4. https://www.mil.gov.ua/special/news.html?article=63006 Армійська боксерка Анна Лисенко завоювала Олімпійську ліцензію, здолавши у чвертьфіналі росіянку
  5. https://kanaldim.tv/devushki-v-bokse-utro-doma-s-olimpijskoj-sportsmenkoj-annoj-lysenko/ Дівчата в боксі: "Утро Дома" з олімпійської спортсменкою Анною Лисенко