Olena Buryak Explained

Olena Buryak
Birth Place:	Mykolaiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
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Club:	Sub 7 Indoor Rowing Club

Olena Buryak (uk|Олена Буряк; born 8 February 1988 in Mykolaiv) is a Ukrainian rower.

She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's double sculls with Hanna Kravchenko.^[1] She was part of the Ukrainian women's quadruple sculls team, with Daryna Verkhohliad, Anastasiia Kozhenkova and Yevheniya Nimchenko, at the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[2] The team finished 4th. She was also part of the Ukrainian quadruple sculls team that finished second at the 2010 World Rowing Championships. The team consisted of Buryak, Kozhenkova, Kateryna Tarasenko and Yana Dementieva.^[3]

She rows for Spartak Kyiv.^[4]

Indoor rowing career

Buryak is a multiple world record holder in women's indoor rowing, and was the fastest woman ever over the 2000 metres distance until Brooke Mooney surpassed her in 2021.

She won the CRASH-B Sprints in 2013 and 2017.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Olena Buriak Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418001316/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/olena-buriak-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. 2017-07-01.
2. Web site: 2016 OLYMPIC GAMES REGATTA – Rio de Janeiro – (W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls – Final. worldrowing.com. 1 July 2017.
3. Web site: 2010 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Karapiro, NZL – (W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls – Final. worldrowing.com. 2017-07-01.
4. Web site: Olena BURYAK – worldrowing.com. worldrowing.com. 2017-07-01.
5. Web site: 2013 CRASH-B Sprints Results. crash-b.org. 2018-04-28.
6. Web site: CRASH-B Sprints Results 2017. 12 February 2017. 33. 28 April 2018.