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Olena Dmytrivna Kostevych (Ukrainian: Олена Дмитрівна Костевич, born 14 April 1985) is a Ukrainian pistol shooter. She is the 2004 Olympic champion in the 10 metre air pistol event, 2002 World champion in 10 m air pistol event and 2018 World champion in 25 m pistol event. She is also multiple European Championships champion and medalist as well as Universiade champion.

Olena Kostevych

Kostevych at the 2020 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Olena Dmytrivna Kostevych
Nationality	Ukrainian
Born	(1985-04-14) 14 April 1985 (age 37) Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1]
Education	Chernihiv State Technological University[1]
Years active	2000–
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)[1]
Sport
Country	Ukraine
Sport	Shooting
Event(s)	AP40, SP
Club	Dinamo[1]
Coached by	Igor Cheredinov[1]
Medal record Women's shooting Representing  Ukraine Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 0 2 World Championships 2 1 1 European Games 0 0 1 European Championships 6 8 5 Universiade 1 1 2 Olympic Games 2004 Athens 10 m air pistol 2012 London 10 m air pistol 2012 London 25 m pistol 2020 Tokyo Mixed 10 m air pistol World Championships 2002 Lahti 10 m air pistol 2018 Changwon 25 m pistol 2014 Granada 10 m air pistol 2018 Changwon Air pistol mixed team 2022 Cairo 25 m standard pistol mixed team European Games 2019 Minsk 25 m pistol mixed team European Championships 2015 Arnhem 10 m air pistol 2015 Maribor 25 m pistol team 2016 Győr 10 m air pistol 2019 Osijek 10 m air pistol mixed team 2021 Osijek 10 m air pistol team 2022 Hamar 10 m air pistol 2003 Gothenburg 10 m air pistol 2004 Győr 10 m air pistol 2012 Vierumäki 10 m air pistol 2016 Győr 10 m air pistol mixed team 2017 Maribor 10 m air pistol 2019 Osijek 10 m air pistol team 2019 Bologna 25 m standart pistol mixed team 2022 Wrocław 25 m pistol team 2011 Brescia 10 m air pistol 2013 Odense 10 m air pistol mixed team 2015 Maribor 25 m pistol 2018 Győr 10 m air pistol mixed team 2019 Bologna 50 m pistol mixed team Universiade 2013 Kazan 25 m pistol 2007 Banghkok 10 m air pistol 2011 Shenzhen 10 m air pistol 2011 Shenzhen 25 m pistol

Personal life

Kostevych was born in Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. She moved to her mother's city Chernihiv and she was a student at the Chernihiv State Technological University in Chernihiv, Ukraine.[2]

Career

Kostevych competes for Ukraine. At the age of 17, she 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 in Athens.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she placed 26th in the 25 metre pistol event and 31st in 10 metre air pistol. Her Ukrainian record of 394 is one point higher than the world record.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Kostevych won bronze medals in the 10 metre air pistol and 25 meter sport pistol competitions.[3][4] She won no medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

At the 2020 Summer Olympics (Tokyo, 25 July 2021), she placed 4th in the 10 metre air pistol competition and on July 27, 2021 Olena Kostevych and Oleg Omelchuk won a bronze medal in the ten-metre air pistol.

Olympic results

Event	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020
10 metre air pistol	Gold 384+99.3	31st 378	Bronze 387+99.6	28th 378	4th 197.6
25 metre pistol	27th 569	26th 575	Bronze 788.6	22nd 575	23rd 579
10 metre air pistol mixed team	-	-	-	-	Bronze

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  Olena Kostevych
  World Cup'06 in Munich, Women's Air Pistol event

Records

Current world records held in 10 meter air pistol
Women	Qualification	591	Jiang Ranxin (CHN)	Oct 15, 2022	Cairo (EGY)	edit

References

External links

• Olena Kostevych at the International Shooting Sport Federation
• Olena Kostevych at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

Olympic Games
Preceded by Mykola Milchev	Flagbearer for  Ukraine (with Bohdan Nikishyn) Tokyo 2020	Succeeded by Incumbent

На других языках

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- [en] Olena Kostevych

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[it] Olena Kostevyč

Olena Dmytrivna Kostevyč (in ucraino: Олена Дмитрівна Костевич?; traslitterazione anglosassone Olena Dmytrivna Kostevych; Chabarovsk, 14 aprile 1985) è una tiratrice a segno ucraina, vincitrice di una medaglia d'oro ai Giochi olimpici di Atene 2004.

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[ru] Костевич, Елена Дмитриевна

Еле́на Дми́триевна Косте́вич (укр. Олена Дмитрівна Костевич; 14 апреля 1985 (1985-04-14), Хабаровск) — украинская спортсменка, выступающая в стрельбе из пистолета; олимпийская чемпионка 2004 года, чемпионка мира; заслуженный мастер спорта Украины. Трёхкратный бронзовый призер Олимпийских игр (2012 и 2020).

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