Olena Oleksandrivna Voronina ( uk, Олена Олександрівна Вороніна; born 5 May 1990) is a Ukrainian sabre fencer. She is the 2013 World team champion, 2015 European individual bronze medalist, and 2016 Olympic team silver medalist.

Life and career

Voronina won a gold medal in the

women's team sabre at the 2013 World Fencing Championships The Women's team sabre event of the 2013 World Fencing Championships was held on August 12, 2013. Medalists Draw Finals Top half Bottom half Placement rounds 5–8th place 9–16th place 13–16th place Final classification Ext ...

. She and the Ukrainian team won bronze in 2014 and silver in 2015. 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 ...

in Rio, Voronina won the silver medal with team members

Olha Kharlan Olha Hennadiyivna Kharlan ( uk, Ольга Геннадіївна Харлан; born 4 September 1990) is a Ukrainian right-handed sabre fencer. Kharlan is a two-time team European champion, six-time individual European champion, two-time team ...

Alina Komashchuk Alina Ivanivna Komashchuk ( uk, Аліна Іванівна Комащук; born 24 April 1993) is a Ukrainian sabre fencer. Competing in team events, she is the 2013 World champion and 2016 Olympic silver medalist. Career In April 2013, Komash ...

, and Olena Kravatska. Voronina lives in

Kharkiv Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.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 is a student at the

Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute The National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute" (NTU "KhPI") ( uk, Національний технічний університет "Харківський політехнічний інститут"), in the city of Kha ...

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