Margaryta Volodymyrivna Pesotska ( uk, Маргарита Володимирівна Песоцька; born 9 August 1991 in

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

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) is a

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player.

Career

Pesotska competed at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

, reaching the first round of the singles competition. She won the silver medal in singles event at the

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in 2009. Two years later she repeated her success by winning bronze at the 2011 European Championships. Next European-level success in the singles event came in 2018 when she reached finals at the

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. At the

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 ...

, she reached the third round of the singles competition. Pesotska was also expected to participate at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

and was even granted an invitation but she withdrew from the Games due to injury. Pesotska competed at the

2015 European Games The 2015 European Games, also known as Baku 2015 or Baku 2015 European Games ( az, Bakı 2015 Avropa Oyunları), were the inaugural edition of the European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes representing the National Olympic ...

where she lost in the quarterfinals in

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and finished 4th in team event where Ukraine lost in bronze medal match to the Czech Republic. Pesotska is also 2015 European championships bronze medalist in women's team competition. In March 2021, Pesotska played in WTT Doha. In the WTT Contender event, she upset eighth seed Adriana Diaz in the round of 32 but lost to Xiaona Shan in the round of 16. However, she was in turn upset by breakout star

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in the round of 32 of the WTT Star Contender Event. In June, at the delayed 2020 European Championships, Pesotska won a bronze medal in the women's singles. At the

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she was defeated by

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in the second round.

Personal life

She graduated from

National Pedagogical Dragomanov University The National Pedagogical Drahomanov University is a Ukrainian higher education institution in Kyiv, which has III-IV accreditation level. History 1834 – Pedagogical Institute – the future National Pedagogical Drahomanov University – st ...

. On 27 June 2015, she married her boyfriend Andrii Bratko.

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