KOSTEVYCH Olena

Olympic Games

Year	Location	10m Air Pistol	25m Pistol
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	28	22
2012	London, GBR	3	3
2008	Beijing, CHN	31	26
2004	Athens, GRE	1	27

World Championships

Year	Location	10m Air Pistol	25m Pistol	10m Air Pistol Team X
2018	Changwon, KOR	10	1	3
2014	Granada, ESP	2	10	-
2010	Munich, GER	20	9	-
2006	Zagreb, CRO	20	11	-
2002	Lahti, FIN	1	-	-

European Championships

Year	Location	10m Air Pistol	25m Pistol	10m Air Pistol Team X	10m Air Pistol - Team	25m Pistol - Team	25m Standard Pistol - Team X	50m Pistol - Team X
2021	Osijek, CRO	4	8	5	1	4	-	-
2020	Wroclaw, POL	14	-	5	7	-	-	-
2019	Osijek, CRO	8	-	1	-	-	-	-
2019	Bologna, ITA	-	15	-	-	-	2	3
2018	Gyor, HUN	4	-	3	-	-	-	-
2017	Maribor, SLO	2	-	-	-	-	-	-

European Championships

Year	Location	10m Air Pistol	25m Pistol	10m Air Pistol Team X	10m Air Pistol - Team	25m Pistol - Team	25m Standard Pistol - Team X	50m Pistol - Team X
2021	Osijek, CRO	4	8	5	1	4	-	-
2020	Wroclaw, POL	14	-	5	7	-	-	-
2019	Osijek, CRO	8	-	1	-	-	-	-
2019	Bologna, ITA	-	15	-	-	-	2	3
2018	Gyor, HUN	4	-	3	-	-	-	-
2017	Maribor, SLO	2	-	-	-	-	-	-

World Cup Final

Year	Location	10m Air Pistol	25m Pistol	10m Air Pistol Team X
2019	Putian, CHN	15	12	5
2016	Bologna, ITA	8	3	-

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	10m Air Pistol	25m Pistol	10m Air Pistol Team
2019	1 x 2nd, 1 x 5th	1 x 2nd, 1 x 21st	1 x 2nd, 1 x 8th
2018	1 x 1st	1 x 3rd	1 x 1st
2017	1 x 2nd	1 x 5th	-

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
1	2018	10m Air Pistol	Munich, GER
1	2018	10m Air Pistol Team	Munich, GER
2	2019	10m Air Pistol	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
2	2019	25m Pistol	Munich, GER
2	2019	10m Air Pistol Team	Munich, GER
2	2017	10m Air Pistol	Munich, GER
3	2018	25m Pistol	Munich, GER
5	2019	10m Air Pistol	Munich, GER
5	2017	25m Pistol	Munich, GER
8	2019	10m Air Pistol Team	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Legend
X - Mixed, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Lena (Facebook profile, 28 Jan 2020)

Watching movies, cross-country skiing, fitness. (Athlete, 24 Dec 2018)

Athlete

Sport Studies - Chernihiv State Technological University, Ukraine

Husband Igor, daughter Sofia [2017]

English, German, Russian, Ukrainian

Dynamo [Ukraine]

Igor Cheredinov [personal], UKR, from 1996; Svitlana Cheredinova [personal], UKR

Right eye, right hand (issf-sports.org, 2018)

2001 for Ukraine, World Cup in Milan, Italy (Athlete, 01 Mar 2016)

She began shooting at age 11 in Chernihiv, Ukraine. (Athlete, 01 Mar 2016; shooting-ua.com, 24 Feb 2008)

Her mother encouraged her to go to a shooting range. There she met Igor Cheredinov, who became her first coach. (shooting-ua.com, 01 Jan 2008)

Winning gold in 10m air pistol at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, claiming two bronze medals at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, and securing the title in 25m pistol at the 2018 World Championships in Changwon, Republic of Korea. (Athlete, 24 Dec 2018)

Georgian shooter Nino Salukvadze, Bulgarian shooter Maria Grozdeva. (Athlete, 01 Mar 2016)

Coach Igor Cheredinov. (Athlete, 01 Mar 2016)

In 2019 she became an Honorary Citizen of Chernihiv, Ukraine. (ukrinform.ru, 06 Dec 2019)

She received the Medal for Labour and Valour in Ukraine in recognition of her performance at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus. (president.gov.ua, 15 Jul 2019)

She was named the 2018 Best Female Athlete of the Year by the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine. (noc-ukr.org, 30 Mar 2019)

She was named among the six best Ukrainian athletes of 2018 at the Sports Constellation annual award ceremony held by the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine. (isport.ua, 21 Dec 2018)

She holds the title of Honoured Master of Sport in Ukraine. (dsmsu.gov.ua, 28 Dec 2019; Athlete, 01 Mar 2016)

In recognition of her sporting achievements, she received the Orders for Merits [third and second grades], and the Orders of Princess Olga [third, second and first grades] in Ukraine. (president.gov.ua, 18 Sep 2004, 15 Aug 2012, 25 Jul 2013)