Olena Kravatska

{{Short description|Ukrainian fencer (born 1992)}}

{{Infobox fencer

| name = Olena Kravatska

| image = Olena Kravatska 2015-16 Orleans WC quals t183743.jpg

| caption = Kravatska in 2015

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|6|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Chernivtsi, Ukraine

| height = {{height|m=1.75}}

| weight = {{convert|67|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| weapon = Sabre

| hand = right-handed

| natlcoach = Artem Skorokhod, Harnik Davydian

| club = Central Sports Club of the Armed Forces

| headcoach = Oleksandr Vasyutin

| fieranking = [https://fie.org/athletes/19403 current ranking]

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Sport|Women's sabre}}

{{Medal|Country|{{UKR}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

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{{MedalGold|2024 Paris|Team}}

{{MedalSilver|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Moscow|Team}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Kazan|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Games}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Baku|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2024 Basel|Team}}

{{MedalBronze|2015 Montreux|Team}}

{{MedalBronze|2022 Antalya|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Military World Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2019 Wuhan|Team}}

}}

Olena Vitaliyivna Kravatska ({{langx|uk|Олена Віталіївна Краватська}}; born 22 June 1992) is a Ukrainian sabre fencer. She is an Olympic champion and silver medallist in the team sabre event. Kravatska won the gold medal in the team sabre event at the 2024 Summer Olympics and the silver medal in the team sabre event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.{{Cite news |last= |date=2024-08-03 |title=Ukraine fight back in women’s fencing to secure first gold of Paris Olympics |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/03/ukraine-womens-fencing-gold-sabre-final-paris-olympics |access-date=2024-09-01 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |last=Hodunova |first=Kateryna |date=2024-08-03 |title=Ukraine's saber team on the hunt for Paris Olympic medal after bouncing back from years of failure |url=https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-saber-team-on-the-hunt-for-paris-olympic-medal-after-bouncing-back-from-years-of-failure/ |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=The Kyiv Independent |language=en}} She is also a World Championships silver and bronze medallist, European Games champion, and European Championships silver and two-time bronze medallist in the team sabre.

Career

Kravatska won a silver medal in the 2010 Junior European Championships{{cite web|url=http://www.ukrinform.ua/eng/news/ukrainian_olena_kravatska_takes_bronze_at_european_juniors_fencing_championship_in_russia_201257|title=Ukrainian Olena Kravatska takes bronze at European Juniors Fencing Championship in Russia|publisher=Ukrinform|date=26 October 2010}} and a team gold medal that same year at the Junior World Championships.

In the 2013–14 season she took part in her first major senior competitions. At the 2014 European Championships in Strasbourg, she ranked 2nd after the pools and received a bye. She was then defeated in the table of 32 by Germany's Sibylle Klemm and finished 17th. At the 2014 World Championships in Kazan, she was defeated in the table of 64 by Olympic silver medalist Sofiya Velikaya. In the team event, she was selected as reserve into the Ukrainian team. The team first defeated Japan, then South Korea before falling 44–45 to the United States. Ukraine overcame Italy in the small final to earn a bronze medal.

In the 2014–15 season Kravatska climbed her first World Cup with a bronze medal in the Orléans World Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.larep.fr/loiret/sports/actualite/autres/2014/11/23/la-russe-a-domine-litalienne-gregorio-en-finale-hier-soir_11230512.html|title=La Russe a dominé l'Italienne Gregorio en finale, hier soir|author=Raphaël Coquel|newspaper=La République du Centre|date=23 November 2014|language=French}}

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