KRAVATSKA Olena

Personal Information

Family Son Ivan

Residence Italy

Occupation Athlete

Languages Russian, Ukrainian

Higher education Physical Education - South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University: Odessa, UKR

License number 22061992001

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Sport Specific Information

When and where did you begin this sport? She began fencing at age eight in Odessa, Ukraine.

Why this sport? "I had no other choice. My father was doing fencing, my grandfather, and, as it turned out, my great grandfather too! As any little girl, I wanted to be a model or actress but my father insisted, and then I got used to it."

Club / Team Odessa Regional School of Higher Sports Mastery Olympiets [UKR] / Virtus Scherma Bologna [ITA]:

Name of coach Andrea Terenzio [Virtus, national], ITA; Yevgeniy Statsenko [national], UKR; Oleksandr Vasyutin [personal], UKR; Vitaly Vasyutin [personal], UKR

Handedness Right

General Interest

Nicknames Lena (sportarena.com, 22 Sep 2016)

Hobbies Going to the gym, reading. (Athlete, 15 Mar 2016; sportarena.com, 22 Sep 2016)

Most influential person in career Her father and her grandfather. (Athlete, 30 Jun 2015)

Hero / Idol Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan, Russian fencer Sophia Velikaia, US boxer Muhammad Ali. (Athlete, 15 Mar 2016)

Superstitions / Rituals / Beliefs "Talking to myself helps to calm me down. I tell myself about the long journey I endured to get here, how I trained, and that I can do everything and will succeed in everything." (kp.ua, 12 Mar 2024)

Awards and honours For her achievements at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, she received the Order of Princess Olga [third class] in Ukraine. (president.gov.ua, 04 Oct 2016)

She holds the title of Honoured Master of Sport in Ukraine. (Athlete, 15 Mar 2016)

Ambitions To win a gold medal at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (noc-odessa.org.ua, 12 Mar 2024)