Alena Abramchuk

Belarusian track and field athlete Alena Vasilyeuna Abramchuk, née Kapiets (Belarusian: Але́на Васі́леўна Абрамчу́к (Капе́ц); Russian: Еле́на Васи́льевна Абрамчу́к (Копе́ц); born 14 February 1988) is a Belarusian track and field athlete who competes in the shot put. She was the bronze medallist at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships. Her personal best is 19.24 m (63 ft 1+1⁄4 in), set in 2013. Career She began competing at national level as a teenager and made her international debut at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics, competing in both the shot put and discus throw events. Her first international medals followed in 2007 with silver medals in the shot put at the 2007 European Athletics Junior Championships and in the under-23 section at the 2007 European Cup Winter Throwing. She was also fifth at the Military World Games. She began attending A.S. Pushkin Brest State University, studying in the physical education department. Abramchuk focused more on shot put after 2007 and repeated her under-23 winter silver medal with a personal best of 16.69 m (54 ft 9 in) at the 2008 European Cup Winte