Alina Ivanivna Komashchuk ( uk, Аліна Іванівна Комащук; born 24 April 1993) is a Ukrainian sabre fencer. Competing in team events, she is the 2013 World champion and 2016 Olympic silver medalist.

Career

In 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

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. On August 12, 2013 she won the Gold medal (with

Olha Kharlan Olha Hennadiyivna Kharlan ( uk, Ольга Геннадіївна Харлан; born 4 September 1990) is a Ukrainian right-handed sabre fencer. Kharlan is a two-time team European champion, six-time individual European champion, two-time team ...

Halyna Pundyk Halyna Vasylivna Pundyk ( uk, Галина Василівна Пундик; born November 7, 1987) is a Ukrainian gold medallist in sabre fencing. She was a member of the team that won the gold medal in sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The Uk ...

and Olena Voronina) at the

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. During the 2012–13 season Komashchuk was ranked 4th in the World in the Women's Junior Individual Sabre classement by the

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(FIE).

Personal life

Komashchuk was born in

Netishyn Netishyn ( uk, Нетішин, russian: Нетешин, pl, Niecieszyn) is a city in Shepetivka Raion of Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province), in the west of Ukraine. It is located on the Horyn River. Netishyn hosts the administration of Netishyn urb ...

, Ukraine. As of 2013, was a student at the

Kamyanets-Podilsky Ivan Ohienko National University Kamianets-Podilsky Ivan Ohienko National University ( uk, Кам'янець-Подільський Національний Університет імені Івана Огієнка) is a university in Kamyanets-Podilsky (Ukraine). History ...

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* * * * * * 1993 births Living people Ukrainian female sabre fencers People from Netishyn Armed Forces sports society (Ukraine) athletes Fencers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Fencers at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in fencing Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers of Ukraine European Games gold medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Ukraine Olympic medalists in fencing Universiade medalists in fencing Universiade silver medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Laureates of the Prize of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for special achievements of youth in the development of Ukraine Sportspeople from Khmelnytskyi Oblast 20th-century Ukrainian women 21st-century Ukrainian women {{Ukraine-fencing-bio-stub