Volha Silkina

{{short description|Belarusian modern pentathlete}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

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{{Medal|Competition| World Championships }}

{{Medal|Gold| 2019 Budapest | Individual }}

{{Medal|Gold| 2019 Budapest | Team }}

{{Medal|Gold| 2021 Cairo | Relay }}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2021 Cairo | Team }}

{{Medal|Competition| European Championships }}

{{Medal|Gold| 2018 Székesfehérvár | Relay }}

{{Medal|Gold| 2021 Nizhny Novgorod | Relay }}

{{Medal|Silver| 2019 Bath | Team }}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2017 Minsk | Team }}

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Volha Silkina ({{langx|be|Вольга Сілкіна}}; born 27 May 1995) is a Belarusian modern pentathlete. She won the gold medal in the women's individual event at the 2019 World Modern Pentathlon Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.{{Cite news|url=https://www.uipmworld.org/news/uipm-2019-pentathlon-and-laser-run-world-championships-silkina-blr-claims-crown|title=UIPM 2019 Pentathlon and Laser Run World Championships: Silkina (BLR) claims the crown|date=6 September 2019|work=UIPM|access-date=20 January 2020}} She also won the gold medal in the women's team event together with Anastasiya Prokopenko and Iryna Prasiantsova.

She competed at the European Modern Pentathlon Championships in 2017, 2018 and 2019.

She represented Belarus at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite web|url=https://eng.belta.by/photonews/view/pentathletes-volha-silkina-iryna-prasiantsova-secure-tokyo-olympics-berths-5512/|title=Pentathletes Volha Silkina, Iryna Prasiantsova secure Tokyo Olympics berths {{!}} Belarus News {{!}} Belarusian news {{!}} Belarus today {{!}} news in Belarus {{!}} Minsk news {{!}} BELTA|date=2020-01-29|website=eng.belta.by|language=en-EN|access-date=2020-03-01}}

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