Olena Shumkina (born 24 January 1988 in Atyuryevsky District, Mordovia, Russian SFSR) is a Ukrainian race walker. [1] She competed in the 20 km kilometres event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. [2] She is married to race walker Oleksiy Kazanin. She became a Ukrainian citizen in 2009. [1]
Ukraine competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 230 competitors, 139 men and 91 women, took part in 185 events in 23 sports.
Ukraine competed in the Summer Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, Ukrainian athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 231 competitors, 146 men and 85 women, took part in 148 events in 21 sports.
Olena Krasovska, née Ovcharova is a Ukrainian hurdler best known for winning a silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games with a personal best time of 12.45 seconds.
Olena Petrova is a former Ukrainian biathlete. Petrova had switched to competing for Ukraine when she was unable to land a spot on the Russian team. She is a Merited Master of Sports of Ukraine and a former member of Dynamo (Ukraine).
Olena Dmytrivna Kostevych is a Ukrainian pistol shooter. She is the 2004 Olympic champion in the 10 metre air pistol event, 2002 World champion in 10 m air pistol event and 2018 World champion in 25 m pistol event. She is also multiple European Championships champion and medalist as well as Universiade champion.
Valentyna Oleksandrivna Semerenko, known also as Valya Semerenko and featuring in statistics as Valj Semerenko is a Ukrainian biathlete. She is Olympic and World champion, multiple World championships medalist, and one of the most successful Ukrainian winter athletes.
Olena Bilosiuk (Ukrainian: Олена Білосюк, romanized: Olena Bilosiuk, née Olena Pidhrushna is a Ukrainian biathlete. She is Olympic and World champion and multiple medalist in different high-level competitions. Pidhrushna is considered one of Ukraine's most successful winter sports athletes. She lives in Ternopil.
Vita Semerenko is a Ukrainian biathlete. She is Olympic champion in women's relay, Olympic medalist and multiple World championships medalist. She is one of the most successful Ukrainian winter athletes.
The women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, was held on 11 August on a route along The Mall and Constitution Hill.
Olena Olehivna Fedorova is a Ukrainian diver from Mykolaiv.
Olena Serhiivna Kryvytska is a Ukrainian fencer.
Lyubov Valeriyivna Basova, née Shulika, is a Ukrainian track cyclist.
Yuliia Valentynivna Dzhyma is a Ukrainian World Cup level biathlete. She is Olympic champion in women's relay, multiple World championships medalist. She is one of the most successful Ukrainian biathletes of the 2010s.
Olena Shurkhno is a Ukrainian long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon. Her personal best for the distance of 2:23:32 hours is the Ukrainian record. She has won marathons in Baltimore, Tempe, Arizona and Nashville.
Anastasiya Merkushyna is a Ukrainian biathlete. She is World Championships medalist. She participated at 2018 Winter Olympics.
Olena Andriivna Stetskiv is a Ukrainian luger. She participated at the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics.
Olena Zamyrivna Shkhumova is a Ukrainian luger. She participated at 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics.
Olena Kozakova Pavlukhina is a Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani road and track cyclist. She served a four-year suspension from the sport following an anti-doping rule violation for the use of Prohibited Methods and/or Prohibited Substances.
Olena Mykolayivna Dmytrash is a Ukrainian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2013 World bronze medalist in 10 clubs and 2015 Universiade champion in 6 clubs + 2 hoops.
Olena Sobchuk is a Ukrainian racewalking athlete. Representing Ukraine at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, she placed fourth in the women's 50 kilometres walk.
European Athletics U23 Championships champions in women's 20 kilometres race walk | |
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