Hanna Balabanova ( ua, Ганна Балабанова, born 10 December 1969) is a

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sprint canoeist Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water. Overview Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...

who competed from the late 1990s to the mid-2000s (decade). Competing in three

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, she won a bronze medal in the K-4 500 m event at Athens in

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. Balabanova also won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the

2001 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 2001 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Poznań, Poland at Lake Malta. The Polish city had hosted the event previously in 1990. The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. ...

in Poznań.

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* * * 1969 births Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Ukraine Olympic bronze medalists for Ukraine Ukrainian female canoeists Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine {{Ukraine-Olympic-medalist-stub