Elena Ivashchenko
{{Short description|Russian judoka (1984–2013)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
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| country = Russia
| weight_class = +78 kg
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| worlds_rank = 2
| worlds_year = 2008
| worlds_weight = Women's Open
| regionals_type = EU
| regionals_rank = 1
| regionals_year = 2007
| regionals_weight = Women's Open
| regionals_year2 = 2009
| regionals_weight2 = Women's +78 kg
| regionals_year3 = 2011
| regionals_weight3 = Women's +78 kg
| regionals_year4 = 2012
| regionals_weight4 = Women's +78 kg
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| olympics_rank = 7
| olympics_year = 2012
| olympics_weight = Women's +78 kg
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{{Medal|Sport| Women's judo }}
{{Medal|Country| {{RUS}} }}
{{Medal|Competition| World Championships }}
{{Medal|S| 2008 Paris Levallois | Open }}
{{Medal|B| 2007 Rio de Janeiro | Open }}
{{Medal|B| 2011 Paris | +78 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| European Championships }}
{{Medal|G| 2007 Warsaw | Open }}
{{Medal|G| 2009 Tbilisi | +78 kg }}
{{Medal|G| 2011 Istanbul | +78 kg }}
{{Medal|G| 2012 Chelyabinsk | +78 kg }}
{{Medal|B| 2006 Novi Sad | Open }}
{{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Slam }}
{{Medal|G| 2008 Tokyo | +78 kg }}
{{Medal|G| 2010 Paris | +78 kg }}
{{Medal|S| 2009 Tokyo | +78 kg }}
{{Medal|S| 2012 Paris | +78 kg }}
{{Medal|B| 2009 Paris | +78 kg }}
{{Medal|B| 2009 Moscow | +78 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Prix }}
{{Medal|G| 2011 Abu Dhabi | +78 kg }}
{{Medal|B| 2012 Düsseldorf | +78 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| European U23 Championships }}
{{Medal|S| 2005 Kyiv | +78 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| European Junior Championships }}
{{Medal|S| 2002 Rotterdam | +78 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| Summer Universiade }}
{{Medal|B| 2003 Jeju | +78 kg }}
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Elena Ivashchenko ({{nee|Shleyzye}}; {{langx|ru|Елена Иващенко}}, Елена Шлейзе; 28 December 1984 – 15 June 2013) was a Russian judoka.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/iv/yelena-ivashchenko-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417214840/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/iv/yelena-ivashchenko-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Yelena Ivashchenko |access-date=11 August 2017}}
Biography
Ivashchenko was born in Omsk, Russia on 28 December 1984.{{cite news |title=Russian Judo Star Elena Ivashchenko Passed Away |url=http://www.eju.net/news/?mode=showNewsItem&id=2411 |accessdate=3 July 2013 |work=European Judo Union |date=15 July 2013}}{{cite news |title=Elena Ivashchenko |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/2012/athletes/b15fad95-022e-4ee1-8474-b5e8ad74f16e |accessdate=3 July 2013 |work=BBC |date=13 August 2012}}
She won a silver medal (2008) and two bronze medals (2007, 2011) at the World Judo Championships (and World Open Judo Championships). She also had four gold medals (2007, 2009, 2011, 2012){{cite news |title=Judo champ takes life over Olympics |url=http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/story/Russian-official-says-Elena-Ivashchenko-suicide-the-result-of-Olympic-failure-061813 |accessdate=3 July 2013 |newspaper=Fox News |date=19 June 2013 |agency=AP |location=Moscow}} and one bronze medal (2006) at the European Judo Championships.{{cite web |url=http://www.eju.net/results |title=Results – European Judo Union |publisher=eju.net}} She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the +78 kg event and lost in the repechage to Iryna Kindzerska.{{cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/ivashchenko-elena-1008737/ |title=Elena Ivaschenko |website=London2012.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404004221/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/ivashchenko-elena-1008737/ |archive-date=2013-04-04}}
She committed suicide in Tyumen, Russia, at the age of 28 on 15 June 2013.{{cite news |url=http://english.ruvr.ru/news/2013_06_15/Russian-Judo-Star-Committed-Suicide-Investigators-9315/ |title=Russian Judo Star Committed Suicide – Investigators |work=The Voice of Russia |date=15 June 2013 |access-date=15 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621012743/http://english.ruvr.ru/news/2013_06_15/Russian-Judo-Star-Committed-Suicide-Investigators-9315/ |archive-date=21 June 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
References
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External links
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Category:Martial artists from Omsk
Category:Russian female judoka
Category:Olympic judoka for Russia
Category:Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Suicides by jumping in Russia
Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Russia
Category:Summer World University Games medalists in judo
Category:21st-century Russian sportswomen
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