Olena Khomrova Explained
Olena Khomrova (Ukrainian: Олена Хомрова; born May 16, 1987[1] in Mykolaiv[2]) is a Ukrainian fencer and member of the team which won the gold medal in sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Career
The Ukrainian team (she has stayed a member of) won gold in the Sabre final beating Russia[3] [4] during the 2009 and 2010 European Fencing Championships.[5] At the 2009 World Fencing Championships Khomrova and her teammates beat France to win gold.[6]
The team won the title "Team of the Year" at the (Ukrainian) "Heroes of Sports Year 2009" ceremony in April 2010.[7]
Personal life
Olena Khomrova is married to Sergiy Gladyr, a Ukrainian basketball player. They have one daughter, Eva.[8]
Notes and References
- Web site: Athlete - the official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games . results.beijing2008.cn . 13 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080814005528/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/1/234811.shtml . 14 August 2008 . dead.
- Нетішинські фехтувальниці завоювали для України першу золоту медаль на Олімпіаді у Пекіні, Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine (August 14, 2008)
- http://eurofencing.org/news/news_80 Plovdiv said goodbye to the European Fencing Championships
- Українські шаблісти вперше стали Чемпіонками Європи, перемігши у фіналі Росію, Korrespondent (July 20, 2009)
- http://www.daylife.com/photo/00GZcFK22Gbcc?q (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
- http://www.day.kiev.ua/281570/ Ukrainian women fencers win gold at World Championship
- Галина Пундик, Ольга Жовнір та Олена Хомрова, UNIAN (April 7, 2010)
- Web site: Олимпийская чемпионка Елена Хомровая стала мамой . 2014-11-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129023324/http://sport.segodnya.ua/others/569517.html . 2014-11-29 . dead .
