Olena Mykolayivna Nemashkalo ( ua, Олена Миколаївна Немашкало, russian: Елена Николаевна Немашкало; born 25 December 1963 in Leningrad) is a Soviet,

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

and Croatian former

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player. She competed for the Soviet Union in the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

where she won the bronze medal with the Soviet team. She played all five matches and scored eight goals. At the 1990 World Championship she won the gold medal and was elected best left winger of the competition. Later, she competed for Croatia in the 1996 European Championship where she finished second top scorer with 41 goals. Her daughter,

Ekatarina Nemaškalo Ekatarina Nemaškalo ( uk, Екатерина Немашкало, Ekaterina Nemashkalo; born 31 July 1989) is a Croatian former handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which t ...

, is also an handballer who competed for Croatia national team.

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1963 births Living people Soviet female handball players Ukrainian female handball players Croatian female handball players Olympic handball players for the Soviet Union Handball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Croatian people of Ukrainian descent {{Croatia-handball-bio-stub