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Olena Ovchynnikova
Oléna "Lena" Serhíyivna Ovchýnnikova (; born April 22, 1987) is a Ukrainian kickboxer and mixed martial artist who competes in the featherweight division in kickboxing and the flyweight division in MMA. She is the reigning WBC Muaythai World Featherweight champion and the former world flyweight champion. Career Lena Ovchynnikova came to prominence as an amateur kickboxer and Muay Thai fighter, medaling at various national, European and world championships. She became a world champion in the professional ranks for the first time in 2009 when she won the ISKA Women's World Super Bantamweight (56.4 kg/124 lb) Oriental Championship and the following year, she added two more world titles to her mantelpiece by winning the World Kickboxing Federation (WKF) Women's World Super Bantamweight (-56.4 kg/124 lb) belt under both kickboxing and Muay Thai rules. She challenged Christine Theiss for her WKA world title in Dresden, Germany on November 20, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Helen (given Name)
Helen is a feminine given name derived from the Ancient Greek name , ''Helenē'' (dialectal variants: , ''Helena'', , ''Elena'', , ''Welena''), which descends from Proto-Hellenic ''*Ηwelénā'', from a pre-Hellenic or late Proto-Indo-European ''*Swelénā'' (a solar deity), ultimately derived from the Indo-European root ''*swel-'' (to shine, warm). The name is of uncertain origin. it might be connected to a Greek word meaning "ray of light" or "sunbeam", derived from ἥλιος or hḗlios, the Greek word for "sun". Some sources also connect the name to Hellen, the word meaning Greek. Helen, worshipped as a goddess in Laconia and Rhodes, is a major character in Greek mythology. The name was widely used by early Christians due to Saint Helena, the mother of the emperor Constantine I, who according to legend found a piece of the True Cross from the crucifixion of Jesus when she travelled to Jerusalem. Helen was very popular in the United States during the first half of the 20th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |