Anzhela Atroshchenko-Kinet (born be, Анжэла Атрошчанка, russian: Анжела Атрощенко on ) is a former

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athlete of Belarusian descent. She competed in the

pentathlon A pentathlon is a contest featuring five events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words ''pente'' (five) and -''athlon'' (competition) ( gr, πένταθλον). The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of t ...

and

heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

category.

Biography

Atroshchenko started her career in athletics with pentathlon at the age of 14 years. She represented the Unified Team at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

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and finished 12th. In 1999, Atroshchenko signed a contract with the

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club of

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and became a Turkish citizen. Then she transferred to her current Club Fenerbahçe Athletics.NTVMSNBC (1999-05-09). ''Fenerbahçe ile ENKA birbirine girdi'' ("Anzhela transferred to Fenerbahçe"). NTVMSNBC, 9 May 1999. Retrieved from http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/151572.asp. Since then, Atroshchenko has represented Turkey at various competitions. In 2001, Atroshchenko finished 4th at the

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. Atroshchenko competed in the

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in the women's heptathlon category, but withdrew after four events because of injury. In 2005, Atroshchenko took part in the

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, where she won the

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in heptathlon with 5,870 points. Atroshchenko regularly commutes between her home in

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and

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, where she trains. She speaks Belarusian,

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, and

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* 1970 births Living people Enkaspor athletes Fenerbahçe athletes Belarusian heptathletes Naturalized citizens of Turkey Turkish people of Belarusian descent Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of the Unified Team Olympic athletes of Belarus Olympic athletes of Turkey Turkish female heptathletes Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Turkey Athletes (track and field) at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Turkish female modern pentathletes {{Turkey-athletics-bio-stub