KRYVYTSKA Olena

Personal Information

Family Daughter Sandra [2022]

Residence Kyiv, UKR

Occupation Athlete

Languages English, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian

Higher education Sport Studies - Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University: Ukraine

License number 23021987002

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Sport Specific Information

When and where did you begin this sport? She took up the sport in Ternopil, Ukraine, after moving there from the Russian Federation with her family at the beginning of the 1990s.

Why this sport? "My older brother was a wrestler and regularly went to competitions. I wished I could go, too."

Club / Team Central Sports Club of the Armed Forces: Ukraine

Name of coach Bogdan Nikishin [national], UKR; Dmytro Reizlin [personal], UKR, from 2007

Training Regime She trains six days a week. "Usually, I have two sessions during the day, physical and cardio, and the evening is actual fencing. On Saturdays, I only do physical training."

Handedness Right

General Interest

Nicknames Lena (Facebook profile, 09 Apr 2021)

Hobbies Travelling, ballet, watching movies, the Spanish language. (noc-ukr.org, 13 Jul 2021)

Most influential person in career Her parents, and coach Dmytro Reizlin. (Athlete, 14 Mar 2016)

Sporting philosophy / motto "I see a goal, I overcome obstacles." (noc-ukr.org, 13 Jul 2021)

Awards and honours In 2019 she received the Order of Princess Olga [second class] in Ukraine. (president.gov.ua, 13 Sep 2019)

She received the Order of Princess Olga [third class] in Ukraine in recognition of the bronze medal she won in team epee at the 2013 World University Games in Kazan, Russian Federation. (president.gov.ua, 25 Jul 2013)

She has received the title of Honoured Master of Sport in Ukraine. (noc-ukr.org, 13 Jul 2021)

Other information FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied economics at Ternopil National Economic University in Ukraine. (noc-ukr.org, 13 Jul 2021; Athlete, 28 Jun 2015)