Alena Vasilyeuna Abramchuk, née Kapiets ( be, Алена Васілеўна Абрамчук (Капец); born 14 February 1988) is a

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

ian

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete who competes in the

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

. She was the bronze medallist at the

2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at Scandinavium and Svenska Mässan in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 1–3 March 2013. Bidding process The decision to grant the event for Gothenburg was made by the European Athletics Council a ...

. Her personal best is , set in 2013.

Career

She began competing at national level as a teenager and made her international debut at the

2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2006 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held from 15 August to 20 August at the Chaoyang Sports Centre in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China. ...

, competing in both the shot put and discus throw events.Alena Abramchuk
IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-12-02. Her first international medals followed in 2007 with silver medals in the shot put at the

2007 European Athletics Junior Championships The 19th European Athletics Junior Championships were held between 19 and 22 July 2007 at the FBK-Stadium in Hengelo, in the eastern Netherlands. Medal summary Men Women Medal table See also *2007 in athletics (track and field) ...

and in the under-23 section at the

2007 European Cup Winter Throwing The 2007 European Cup Winter Throwing was held on 17 and 18 March at Avangard Stadium in Yalta, Ukraine. It was the seventh edition of the athletics competition for throwing events organised by the European Athletics Association. A total of 203 a ...

. She was also fifth at the

Military World Games The Military World Games is a multi-sport event for military sportspeople, organized by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). They have been held since 1995, although championships for separate sports had been held for some years. A w ...

.Alena Abramchuk
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2015-12-02. She began attending A.S. Pushkin Brest State University, studying in the

physical education Physical education, often abbreviated to Phys Ed. or P.E., is a subject taught in schools around the world. It is usually taught during primary and secondary education, and encourages psychomotor learning by using a play and movement explorati ...

department.March 8 Present from Elena Kopets
Brest State University. Retrieved on 2015-12-02. Abramchuk focused more on shot put after 2007 and repeated her under-23 winter silver medal with a personal best of at the

2008 European Cup Winter Throwing The 2008 European Cup Winter Throwing was held on 15 and 16 March 2008 at Stadion Park mladeži in Split, Croatia. It was the eighth edition of the athletics competition for throwing events. The competition featured men's and women's contests in ...

, then again at the 2009 edition. She improved her best to that season and claimed a trio of bronze medals at the

European Team Championships European Team Championships is the name of the team sports competition between European countries organized by various European sports federations. May refer to: * European Athletics Team Championships, former European Team Championships (ETC), ath ...

, Summer Universiade and the European Athletics U23 Championships. She added two centimetres to her best in 2010, but did not compete internationally. She established herself among the world's top throwers at the start of 2011, throwing a best of in

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

, which ranked her in the top twenty shot putters that season. Abramchuk won her first national title indoors in February 2011 then claimed her first international win at the

2011 European Cup Winter Throwing The 2011 European Cup Winter Throwing was held on 19 and 20 March 2011 at the National Sports Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria. It was the eleventh edition of the athletics competition for throwing events and was jointly organised by the European Athlet ...

, beating France's

Jessica Cérival Jessica Cérival (born 20 January 1982 in Quimper, Finistère) is a French track and field athlete who specialises in the shot put. She attended her first major competition in 2007, the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships, and sh ...

. She made her debut on the

IAAF Diamond League The Diamond League is an annual series of elite track and field athletic competitions comprising fourteen of the best invitational athletics meetings. The series sits in the top tier of the World Athletics (formerly known as the IAAF) one-day mee ...

circuit in

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and ranked fifth at the Universiade. Another best of the following February saw her again ranked in the world's top twenty in 2012.2012 World Comprehensive List - Women
. '' Track & Field News'' (2013). Retrieved on 2015-12-02. She failed to match this form in major competition, being eliminated at the

2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was the 14th edition of the global-level indoor track and field competition and was held between March 9–11, 2012 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. It was the first of four ...

and placing fifth at the

2012 European Cup Winter Throwing The 2012 European Cup Winter Throwing was held on 17 and 18 March at the Stadion Topolica in Bar, Montenegro. It was the twelfth edition of the athletics competition for throwing events and was jointly organised by the European Athletic Association ...

. She threw beyond nineteen metres for the first time in January 2013 with a mark of . A bronze medal at the

– her first podium finish at a major championship – marked a new high. She was the national champion indoors and outdoors that year and regularly threw beyond eighteen metres in competition. She placed second to Russia's

Yevgeniya Kolodko Yevgeniya Nikolayevna Kolodko (russian: Евгения Николаевна Колодко; born 22 July 1990) is a retired Russian shot putter. Career Kolodko was initially awarded the bronze medal in the shot put competition at the 2012 Summ ...

at the

2013 European Cup Winter Throwing The 2013 European Cup Winter Throwing was held on 16 and 17 March at the Pista de Atletismo Universitat Jaume I and Complejo Deportivo Gaetà Huguet in Castellón de la Plana, Castellón, Spain. It was the thirteenth edition of the athletics (sport ...

and had several top five finishes on the

2013 IAAF Diamond League The 2013 IAAF Diamond League is the fourth edition of the Diamond League, an annual series of fourteen one-day track and field meetings. The series began on 10 May in Doha, Qatar and ended on 6 September in Brussels, Belgium. Calendar Results ...

circuit. Her best that year was , set in Minsk, and she was a finalist at the

2013 World Championships in Athletics The 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics (Moscow 2013) () was an international athletics competition held in Moscow, Russia, from 10–18 August 2013. Initially, Russia won the most gold medals to top the table for the first time since 200 ...

. In the 2014 season she was eliminated in the qualifiers of the

2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was the fifteenth edition of the international indoor track and field competition, organised by the IAAF. The event was held between 7–9 March 2014 at the Ergo Arena in Sopot, Poland. Prepar ...

, but made the final of the

2014 European Athletics Championships The 2014 European Athletics Championships was held in Zürich, Switzerland, between 12 and 17 August 2014. It was the first time that Switzerland had hosted the European Athletics Championships since 1954. Great Britain headed the medal table, w ...

, coming in ninth place. At the

2014 European Cup Winter Throwing The 2014 European Cup Winter Throwing was held on 16 and 17 March at the Centro Nacional de Lançamentos (National Throws Centre) and Estádio Municipal in Leiria, Portugal. It was the fourteenth edition of the athletics competition for throwing ...

she was again beaten by Kolodko of Russia. She came close to another continental bronze at the

2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held from 5 to 8 March 2015 in the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic. Bidding process Prague was chosen as the host of the Championships on the European Athletics council meeting in Sofia, B ...

, beating narrowly beaten into fourth by Radoslava Mavrodieva. She set a best in the discus of in taking her first national title in that year, but missed the

2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ...

National titles

* Belarusian Athletics Championships **Shot put: 2013 **Discus throw: 2015 *Belarusian Indoor Championships **Shot put: 2011, 2013, 2014

International competitions

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Abramchuk, Alena Living people 1988 births Belarusian female shot putters World Athletics Championships athletes for Belarus Belarusian State University alumni Olympic athletes of Belarus Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for Belarus Competitors at the 2011 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade People from Stolin District Sportspeople from Brest Region