Halyna Pundyk

Halyna Vasylivna Pundyk (Ukrainian: Галина Василівна Пундик; born November 7, 1987[1][2]) is a Ukrainian gold medallist in sabre fencing. She was a member of the team that won the gold medal in sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Halyna Pundyk
Personal information
Native nameГалина Пундик
Born (1987-11-07) November 7, 1987
Chotyrboky, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
SportFencing
Weaponsabre
Handright-handed
National coachArtem Skorokhod
ClubCSKA
Head coachValery Shturbabin
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Women's sabre
Representing  Ukraine
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing Team sabre
World Championships
2009 Antalya Team sabre
2013 Budapest Team sabre
2007 Saint PetersburgTeam
2010 Paris Team sabre
2011 Catania Team Sabre
2012 Kiev Team sabre
European Championships
2009 PlovdivTeam sabre
2010 LeipzigTeam sabre
2008 Kiev Team sabre
2011 SheffieldTeam sabre
2012 LegnanoTeam Sabre
2013 ZagrebTeam Sabre
2005 Zalaegerszeg Team sabre
2007 Gand Sabre
2009 PlovdivSabre
2011 SheffieldSabre
2014 StrasbourgTeam Sabre
Summer Universiade
2007 BangkokIndividual
2007 BangkokTeam
2011 Shenzhen Team sabre
2013 Kazan Sabre

The Ukrainian women's team won gold in the sabre final, beating Russia[3][4] during the 2009 and 2010 European Fencing Championships.[5] At the 2009 World Fencing Championships Pundyk and her teammates beat France to win gold.[6] The team won the title "Team of the Year" at the (Ukrainian) "Sports Heroes of the Year 2009" ceremony in April 2010.[7]

Halyna's brother, Dmytro, is also a high-performance fencer.

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