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]
![]() Komashchuk at the 2015 World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Native name | Аліна Іванівна Комащук | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Alina Ivanivna Komashchuk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Ukrainian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1993-04-24) 24 April 1993 (age 29) Netishyn, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Sabre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | CSKA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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] On 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]
Komashchuk was born in Netishyn, Ukraine. As of 2013, was a student at the Kamyanets-Podilsky Ivan Ohienko National University.[1]
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