Kateryna Borysivna Palekha ( uk, Катерина Борисівна Палеха; born 20 September 1980) is an athlete from

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. She competes in

archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...

. Palekha represented Ukraine at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

and

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, She placed 59th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 595. In the first round of elimination, she faced 6th-ranked

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. Palekha lost 162-158 in the 18-arrow match, placing 33rd overall in women's individual archery. Palekha was also a member of the 6th-place Ukrainian team in the women's team archery competition.Olympic results
/ref> At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she lost to

Miranda Leek Miranda (Leek) Huerta (born May 18, 1993) is an American archer. Career Born in Des Moines, Iowa, Leek learned to shoot from her father, Scott Leek, who is a recreational archer. When she was 5, Scott Leek took her with him to a shooting range ...

in the last 64. The Ukrainian team that she was part of also lost in the first round, to the Japanese team.

References

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