Olena Kostevych
Encyclopedia
Olena Kostevych is a pistol shooter from Chernigov, Ukraine
. She was born in Khabarovsk
, Soviet Union
.
At the age of 17, Kostevych won the 10 m Air Pistol
event at the 2002 ISSF World Shooting Championships
. She followed this with a victory in the 2003 ISSF World Cup Final, and an Olympic gold medal at the 2004 Olympics. She is currently a student. At the 2008 Olympics, she was placed in 26th place 25 metre pistol
and 31st in 10 metre air pistol
. Her Ukrainian record of 394 is one point higher than the world record.
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
. She was born in Khabarovsk
Khabarovsk
Khabarovsk is the largest city and the administrative center of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located some from the Chinese border. It is the second largest city in the Russian Far East, after Vladivostok. The city became the administrative center of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia...
, Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
.
At the age of 17, Kostevych won the 10 m Air Pistol
10 m Air Pistol
10 metre air pistol is an Olympic shooting event governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation . It is similar to 10 metre air rifle in that it is shot with 4.5 mm caliber air guns at a distance of 10 metres , and the programme consists of 60 shots within 105 minutes...
event at the 2002 ISSF World Shooting Championships
2002 ISSF World Shooting Championships
The 48th ISSF World Shooting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from July 2 to July 16, 2002.- Medal count :- World records :Several world records were equalled or bettered in Lahti...
. She followed this with a victory in the 2003 ISSF World Cup Final, and an Olympic gold medal at the 2004 Olympics. She is currently a student. At the 2008 Olympics, she was placed in 26th place 25 metre pistol
Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 25 metre pistol
-Qualification round:The precision stage was fired at 09:00 China Standard Time , with all participants fitting into a single relay. In this stage, the time limit for each five-shot string is five minutes. Sonia Franquet of Spain took a two-point lead....
and 31st in 10 metre air pistol
Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air pistol
Both Olympic records were broken during the competition: the qualification record was raised to 391 by Natalia Paderina and the final record to 492.3 by Guo Wenjun.-Qualification round:...
. Her Ukrainian record of 394 is one point higher than the world record.
Olympic results
| Event | 2004 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| 10 metre air pistol | Gold 384+99.3 |
31st 378 |
| 25 metre pistol | 27th 569 |
26th 575 |