Alina Ivanivna Komashchuk (Ukrainian: Аліна Іванівна Комащук; born 24 April 1993[1][2]) is a Ukrainian sabre fencer. Competing in team events, she is the 2013 World champion and 2016 Olympic silver medalist.[3]
 Komashchuk at the 2015 World Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Аліна Іванівна Комащук |
| Full name | Alina Ivanivna Komashchuk |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Born | 24 April 1993 Netishyn, Ukraine |
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Sport | Fencing |
| Event | Sabre |
| Club | CSKA |
Medal record | |
Career
editIn April 2013, Komashchuk won the gold medal in the Women's Sabre at the 2013 Junior and Cadet World Championship, held in the Croatian town of Poreč.[4][5] On August 12, 2013 she won the Gold medal (with Olha Kharlan, Halyna Pundyk and Olena Voronina) at the Women's team sabre at the 2013 World Fencing Championships in Budapest, Hungary.[6]
During the 2012–13 season Komashchuk was ranked 4th in the World in the Women's Junior Individual Sabre classement by the Federation Internationale d'Escrime (FIE).[7]
Personal life
editKomashchuk was born in Netishyn, Ukraine. As of 2013, was a student at the Kamyanets-Podilsky Ivan Ohienko National University.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Personal Information: Athletes / KOMASHCHUK Alina, on the 2013 Summer Universiade official website
- ^ Team Ukraine at the first Youth Olympic Games Archived 2013-08-12 at archive.today, Ministry of Youth and Sports (2013) (in Ukrainian)
- ^ "Alina Komashchuk". European Fencing Confederation. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ^ "Alina KOMASHCHUK". the-sports.org.
- ^ Олена Садовник (2013-05-01). "Шаблістка Аліна КОМАЩУК: "Тепер я вже нічого не боюся!"". Archived from the original on 2013-09-26. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ^ Russia's Yuliya Gavrilova fights with Ukraine's Alina Komashchuk, Getty Images (12 August 2013)
- ^ "FIE Rankings". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
External links
edit- Alina Komashchuk at the International Fencing Federation
- Alina Komashchuk at the European Fencing Confederation
- Alina Komashchuk at Olympics.com
- Alina Komashchuk at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Rankings at the Wayback Machine (archived December 27, 2013)
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