Halyna Melnyk is a Ukrainian

karate (; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the ...

ka. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 68kg event at the

2019 European Games , translation: Time for bright victories! , nations participating = 50 , athletes participating = 4,082 , events = 200 in 15 sports , opening ceremony = 21 June , closing ceremony = 30 June , officially opened ...

held in Minsk, Belarus. In the same year, Melnyk also won the gold medal in the women's team kumite event at the

2019 European Karate Championships The 2019 European Karate Championships were the 54th edition of the European Karate Championships, and were held in Guadalajara, Spain from 28 to 31 May 2019. Medalists Men Women Medal table Participating nations 559 athletes from 51 nati ...

held in Guadalajara, Spain. In June 2021, Melnyk competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

in Tokyo, Japan. In November 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 68kg event at the

World Karate Championships The Karate World Championships, also known as the World Karate Championships, are the highest level of competition for karate organized by the World Karate Federation (WKF). The competition is held in a different city every two years. Championshi ...

held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. She defeated Alisa Buchinger of Austria in her bronze medal match. Melnyk competed in the women's kumite 68kg event at the

2022 European Karate Championships The 2022 European Karate Championships was the 57th edition of the European Karate Championships and 4th European Para Karate Championships, held in Gaziantep, Turkey from 25 to 29 May 2022. Medal table Medalists Men Women Participating na ...

held in Gaziantep, Turkey. She also competed in the women's kumite 68kg event at the

2022 World Games The 2022 World Games were an international multi-sport event held from July 7 to 17, 2022, in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. They were the 11th World Games, a multi-sport event featuring disciplines of Olympic sports and other competitions ...

held in Birmingham, United States.

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Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Ukrainian female karateka European Games medalists in karate European Games bronze medalists for Ukraine Karateka at the 2019 European Games Karateka at the 2023 European Games Competitors at the 2022 World Games 21st-century Ukrainian sportswomen {{Ukraine-karate-bio-stub