Yekaterina Vladimirovna Dyachenko (russian: Екатерина Владимировна Дьяченко, also known as Ekaterina Diatchenko, born 31 August 1987) is a Russian former sabre fencer. Dyachenko represented Russia at the
2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in two sabre events.
She is the daughter of fencing coaches Vladimir and Natalya Dyachenko and the sister of
Aleksey Dyachenko, who won the bronze medal as a member of the Russian team in the men's team sabre at the
2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Career
In the
women's individual sabre at Beijing 2008, Dyachenko first defeated Japan's
Madoka Hisagae in the table of 32, before losing out her next match to Ukraine's
Olena Khomrova
Olena Khomrova ( uk, Олена Хомрова; born May 16, 1987 in Mykolaiv) is a Ukrainian fencer and member of the team which won the gold medal in sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Career
The Ukrainian team (she has stayed a member of) w ...
, with a sudden death score of 14–15. Few days later, she joined with her fellow fencers and teammates Ekaterina Fedorkina,
Elena Nechaeva and
Sofiya Velikaya
Sofiya Aleksandrovna Velikaya ( rus, Софья Александровна Великая, , ˈsofʲjə vʲɪˈlʲikəjə; born 8 June 1985) is a Russian sabre fencer.
Velikaya is a former European champion (four-time individual, six-time t ...
for the
women's team sabre. Dyachenko and her team won the fifth place match against the Polish team (led by
Aleksandra Socha
Aleksandra Anna Socha Shelton (born 30 March 1982) is a Polish sabre fencer, bronze medal in the 2003 World Fencing Championships, European champion in 2004, and European team in 2008. She represented Poland at the time.
Career
Socha was th ...
), with a total score of 45 touches.
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1987 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Saint Petersburg
Russian female sabre fencers
Olympic fencers for Russia
Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Russia
Olympic medalists in fencing
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Universiade medalists in fencing
Universiade bronze medalists for Russia
Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
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