Olena Khomrova ( uk, Олена Хомрова; born May 16, 1987 in

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) is a

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fencer and member of the team which won the gold medal in sabre at the

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Career

The Ukrainian team (she has stayed a member of) won gold in the Sabre final beating

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during the

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and

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. At the

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Khomrova and her teammates beat

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to win gold. The team won the title "Team of the Year" at the (Ukrainian) " Heroes of Sports Year 2009" ceremony in April 2010.

Personal life

Olena Khomrova is married to

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, a Ukrainian

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player. They have one daughter, Eva.

References

1987 births Living people Ukrainian female sabre fencers Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers for Ukraine Olympic gold medalists for Ukraine Sportspeople from Mykolaiv Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in fencing Universiade silver medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade 21st-century Ukrainian women {{Ukraine-fencing-bio-stub