Olena Buryak

Olena Buryak (Ukrainian: Олена Буряк; born 8 February 1988 in Mykolaiv) is a Ukrainian rower.

Olena Buryak
Buryak in 2016
Personal information
Born8 February 1988 (1988-02-08) (age 36)
Mykolaiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Sport
Sport
ClubSub 7 Indoor Rowing Club
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Ukraine
World Rowing Championships
2010 Karapiro W4x
European Rowing Championships
2010 Montemor-o-Vehlo W4x
2018 Glasgow W4x
2009 Brest W8+
2011 Plovdiv W8+
2016 Brandenburg W4x
Universiade
2013 Kazan W2x
World Rowing U23 Championships
2009 Racice W4x
Women's indoor rowing
Representing  Ukraine
World Games
2017 Wroclaw 500m
2017 Wroclaw 2.000m

She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's double sculls with Hanna Kravchenko.[1] She was part of the Ukrainian women's quadruple sculls team, with Daryna Verkhohliad, Anastasiia Kozhenkova and Yevheniya Nimchenko, at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2] The team finished 4th.[2] She was also part of the Ukrainian quadruple sculls team that finished second at the 2010 World Rowing Championships. The team consisted of Buryak, Kozhenkova, Kateryna Tarasenko and Yana Dementieva.[3]

She rows for Spartak Kiev.[4]

Indoor rowing career

Buryak is a multiple world record holder in women's indoor rowing, and was the fastest woman ever over the 2000 metres distance until Brooke Mooney surpassed her in 2021.

She won the CRASH-B Sprints in 2013 and 2017.[5][6]

References
  1. "Olena Buriak Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  2. "2016 OLYMPIC GAMES REGATTA – Rio de Janeiro – (W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls – Final". worldrowing.com. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  3. "2010 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Karapiro, NZL – (W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls – Final". worldrowing.com. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  4. "Olena BURYAK – worldrowing.com". worldrowing.com. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  5. "2013 CRASH-B Sprints Results". crash-b.org. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  6. "CRASH-B Sprints Results 2017" (PDF). 12 February 2017. p. 33. Retrieved 28 April 2018.


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