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Halyna Vasylivna Pundyk (Ukrainian: Галина Василівна Пундик; born November 7, 1987[1][2]) is a Ukrainian gold medallist in sabre fencing. She was a member of the team that won the gold medal in sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

The Ukrainian women's team won gold in the sabre final, beating Russia[3][4] during the 2009 and 2010 European Fencing Championships.[5] At the 2009 World Fencing Championships Pundyk and her teammates beat France to win gold.[6] The team won the title "Team of the Year" at the (Ukrainian) "Sports Heroes of the Year 2009" ceremony in April 2010.[7]

Halyna's brother, Dmytro, is also a high-performance fencer.

References

  1. ^ "Athlete Biography: PUNDYK Halyna". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on August 18, 2008. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  2. ^ (in Ukrainian) Нетішинські фехтувальниці завоювали для України першу золоту медаль на Олімпіаді у Пекіні Archived March 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine (August 14, 2008)
  3. ^ Plovdiv said goodbye to the European Fencing Championships Archived July 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, European Fencing Confederation (July 19, 2009)
  4. ^ (in Ukrainian) Українські шаблісти вперше стали Чемпіонками Європи, перемігши у фіналі Росію, Korrespondent (July 20, 2009)
  5. ^ (L-R) Ukraine's Olga Khomrova, Galyna Pundyk, Olga Zhovnir and Olga Kharlan pose with their gold medals during a ceremony for the women's fencing team sabre final at the European Fencing Championship in Leipzig, July 22, 2010 Archived July 24, 2012, at archive.today, Daylife (July 22, 2010)
  6. ^ Ukrainian women fencers win gold at World Championship, Den
  7. ^ (in Ukrainian) Галина Пундик, Ольга Жовнір та Олена Хомрова, UNIAN (April 7, 2010)

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