Olena Kryvytska

Olena Kryvytska
Kryvytska in 2015
Personal information
Full nameOlena Serhiyivna Kryvytska
Born (1987-02-23) 23 February 1987
Rostov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Fencing career
SportFencing
CountryUkraine
WeaponÉpée
HandRight-handed
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Women's épée
Representing  Ukraine
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2015 MoscowTeam épée
Bronze medal – third place2017 LeipzigIndividual épée
Bronze medal – third place2019 BudapestIndividual épée
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2026 AntonyTeam épée
World Military Championships
Silver medal – second place2025 SevilleTeam épée
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 GenovaTeam épée
Universiade
Gold medal – first place2009 BelgradeTeam épée
Silver medal – second place2011 ShenzhenIndividual épée
Bronze medal – third place2013 KazanTeam épée
Military Games
Silver medal – second place2019 WuhanTeam épée

Olena Serhiivna Kryvytska (Ukrainian: Олена Сергіївна Кривицькa; born 23 February 1987) is a Ukrainian fencer.

Career

Kryvytska has won three world championship bronze medals.[1] She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's épée, and was defeated in the second round.[2] She was also part of the Ukrainian women's épée team that finished in 8th place.[3]

She originally took up fencing in Ternopil, Ukraine, having moved there from Russia in the early 1990s.[4]

In March 2022, speaking of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, she said her fellow athletes from Russia: "need to pick a side. Too many are keeping quiet and saying nothing. That's not acceptable, because they're involved; they belong to Russia. If they have a lot of followers on Instagram, they have to speak out and say that they are on the side of peace, and that their president is doing terrible things."[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Olena Kryvytska". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "Olena Kryvytska". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  3. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olena Kryvytska". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "FIE Biography". fie.html.infostradasports.com. FIE. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Ukrainian fencer Olena Kryvytska: 'I hope to wake up without war' | DW | 05.03.2022". Deutsche Welle.
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