Olena Ivanivna Ronzhyna-Morozova ( uk, Олена Іванівна Ронжина-Морозова; born 18 November 1970 in

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) is a retired rower from

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, who won a silver medal at the

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. She is a four-time Olympian. Ronzhyna competed for the Unified Team at the

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. She was a member of the Ukrainian team at the

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, winning a silver medal in the women's

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with teammates

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, Svitlana Maziy, and

Dina Miftakhutdynova Dina Arturivna Miftakhutdinova ( uk, Діна Артурівна Міфтахутдинова; born 2 November 1973) is a retired rower from Ukraine, who won a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She is a two-time Olympian. In Atlanta, Geo ...

. At her last Olympic appearance in 2004, she was disqualified with her team after one of her teammates, Olena Olefirenko, tested positive for

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* 1970 births Living people Soviet female rowers Ukrainian female rowers Olympic rowers of Ukraine Olympic rowers of the Unified Team Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Ukraine Olympic medalists in rowing Competitors stripped of Summer Olympics medals Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Dnipro 20th-century Ukrainian women {{Ukraine-Olympic-medalist-stub