Olha Zhovnir Explained

Olha Zhovnir
Birth Date:	8 June 1989
Birth Place:	Netishyn, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Weapon:	sabre
Hand:	right-handed
Height:	1.65m (05.41feet)
Weight:	55kg (121lb)
Natlcoach:	Artem Skorokhod
Club:	CSKA
Fieranking:	current ranking

Olha Bohdanivna Zhovnir (Ukrainian: Ольга Богданівна Жовнір; born 8 June 1989^[1]) is a Ukrainian fencer and member of the team which won the gold medal in sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[2]

The Ukrainian team (she has stayed a member of) won gold in the Sabre final beating Russia during the 2010 European Fencing Championship.^[3] At the 2009 World Fencing Championships Zhovnir and her teammates beat France to win gold.^[4] The team won the title "Team of the Year" at the (Ukrainian) "Sports Heroes of the Year 2009" ceremony in April 2010.^[5]

Notes and References

1. 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. Web site: Athlete - the official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games . 2008-08-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080818182352/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/9/246069.shtml . 2008-08-18 .
3. 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
4. http://www.day.kiev.ua/281570/ Ukrainian women fencers win gold at World Championship
5. Галина Пундик, Ольга Жовнір та Олена Хомрова, UNIAN (April 7, 2010)