Hanna Arkhipenka-Vasilionak ( be, Ганна Архіпенка Васілёнак; born 16 January 1983 in
Minsk
Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative stat ...
) is a
modern pentathlete
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from Belarus.
At the
2012 Summer Olympics
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, she competed in the
women's competition, where she finished in thirty-second place.
Vasilionak also won a team gold medal at the
2007 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in
Berlin, Germany
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.
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Belarusian female modern pentathletes
1983 births
Living people
Olympic modern pentathletes for Belarus
Modern pentathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Modern pentathletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics
World Modern Pentathlon Championships medalists
Sportspeople from Minsk
21st-century Belarusian women
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