Alina Viktorivna Lohvynenko ( uk, Аліна Вікторівна Логвиненко; born 18 July 1990) is a Ukrainian

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who specialises in the

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Career

Lohvynenko won the gold medal at the

2012 European Athletics Championships The 2012 European Athletics Championships were held in Helsinki, Finland between 27 June and 1 July 2012. This edition marks the beginning of a new two-year cycle of the European Athletics Championships which were previously held every four years. ...

in Helsinki at the 4 × 400 metres relay. She competed in the women's 400 m 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 ...

, and the relay at the 2012 and

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 ...

. Her personal best in the 400 metres is 51.19 seconds ( Yalta 2012).

References

* 1990 births Living people People from Bakhmut Ukrainian female sprinters Olympic athletes for Ukraine Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Sportspeople from Donetsk Oblast Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic female sprinters 21st-century Ukrainian women 21st-century Ukrainian people Olympic bronze medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) {{Ukraine-athletics-bio-stub