Alina Komashchuk
 Alina Komashchuk at the 2015 World Fencing Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Аліна Іванівна Комащук |
| Full name | Alina Ivanivna Komashchuk |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Born |
24 April 1993 Netishyn, Ukraine |
| Residence | Netishyn, Ukraine |
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Sport | Fencing |
| Event(s) | Sabre |
| Club | CSKA |
.svg.png){kind=icon}
.svg.png){kind=icon}
.svg.png){kind=icon}
Alina Ivanivna Komashchuk (Ukrainian: Аліна Іванівна Комащук; born 24 April 1993[1][2]) is a Ukrainian sabre fencer. Competing in team events, she is the 2013 World champion and 2016 Olympic silver medalist.[3]
Career
In April 2013, Komashchuk won the gold medal in the Women's Sabre at the 2013 Junior and Cadet World Championship, held in the Croatian town of Poreč.[4][5] In August 12, 2013 she won the Gold medal (with Olha Kharlan, Halyna Pundyk and Olena Voronina) at the Women's team sabre at the 2013 World Fencing Championships in Budapest, Hungary.[6]
During the 2012–13 season Komashchuk was ranked 4th in the World in the Women's Junior Individual Sabre classement by the Federation Internationale d'Escrime (FIE).[7]
Personal life
Komashchuk was born in Netishyn, Ukraine. As of 2013, is a student at the Kamyanets-Podilsky Ivan Ohienko National University.[1]
References
- 1 2 Personal Information: Athletes / KOMASHCHUK Alina, on the 2013 Summer Universiade official website
- ↑ Team Ukraine at the first Youth Olympic Games, Ministry of Youth and Sports (2013) (Ukrainian)
- ↑ "Alina Komashchuk". European Fencing Confederation. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ↑ Alina KOMASHCHUK
- ↑ Олена Садовник (2013-05-01). "Шаблістка Аліна КОМАЩУК: "Тепер я вже нічого не боюся!"". Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ↑ Russia's Yuliya Gavrilova fights with Ukraine's Alina Komashchuk, Getty Images (12 August 2013)
- ↑ "FIE Rankings". Retrieved 17 September 2013.