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Halyna Pundyk
Personal information
Native nameГалина Пундик
Born (1987-11-07) November 7, 1987 (age 36)
Chotyrboky, Ukraine
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
SportFencing
Weaponsabre
Handright-handed
National coachArtem Skorokhod
ClubCSKA
Head coachValery Shturbabin
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Women's sabre
Representing  Ukraine
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team sabre
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Antalya Team sabre
Gold medal – first place 2013 Budapest Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 2010 Paris Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 2011 Catania Team Sabre
Silver medal – second place 2012 Kiev Team sabre
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Plovdiv Team sabre
Gold medal – first place 2010 Leipzig Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 2008 Kiev Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 2011 Sheffield Team sabre
Silver medal – second place 2012 Legnano Team Sabre
Silver medal – second place 2013 Zagreb Team Sabre
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Plovdiv Sabre
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Sheffield Sabre
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Strasbourg Team Sabre
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2007 Bangkok Individual
Silver medal – second place 2011 Shenzhen Team sabre
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kazan Sabre

Halyna Vasylivna Pundyk (Ukrainian: Галина Василівна Пундик) (born 7 November 1987[1][2]) is a Ukrainian gold medallist in sabre fencing. She was a member of the team which won the gold medal in sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

The Ukrainian women's team won gold in the Sabre final beating Russia[3][4] during the 2009 and 2010 European Fencing Championships.[5] At the 2009 World Fencing Championships Pundyk and her teammates beat France to win gold.[6] The team won the title "Team of the Year" at the (Ukrainian) "Sports Heroes of the Year 2009" ceremony in April 2010.[7]

Halyna's brother, Dmytro, is also a high performance fencer.

References

External links

  • Profile at the European Fencing Confederation