Elena Ivashchenko

Elena Ivashchenko (née Shleyzye; Russian: Елена Иващенко, Елена Шлейзе; 28 December 1984 – 15 June 2013) was a Russian judoka.^[1]

Elena Ivashchenko

Personal information
Born	28 December 1984
Died	15 June 2013 (2013-06-16) (aged 28)
Occupation	Judoka
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Judo
Weight class	+78 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	7th (2012)
World Champ.	(2008)
European Champ.	(2007, 2009, 2011, ( 2012)
Medal record Women's judo Representing  Russia World Championships 2008 Paris Levallois Open 2007 Rio de Janeiro Open 2011 Paris +78 kg European Championships 2007 Warsaw Open 2009 Tbilisi +78 kg 2011 Istanbul +78 kg 2012 Chelyabinsk +78 kg 2006 Novi Sad Open IJF Grand Slam 2008 Tokyo +78 kg 2010 Paris +78 kg 2009 Tokyo +78 kg 2012 Paris +78 kg 2009 Paris +78 kg 2009 Moscow +78 kg IJF Grand Prix 2011 Abu Dhabi +78 kg 2012 Düsseldorf +78 kg European U23 Championships 2005 Kyiv +78 kg European Junior Championships 2002 Rotterdam +78 kg Summer Universiade 2003 Jeju +78 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	1968
JudoInside.com	43706
Updated on 17 July 2023

Biography

Ivashchenko was born in Omsk, Russia on 28 December 1984.^[2][3]

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)^[4] and one bronze medal (2006) at the European Judo Championships.^[5] She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the +78 kg event and lost in the repechage to Iryna Kindzerska.^[6]

She committed suicide in Tyumen, Russia, at the age of 28 on 15 June 2013.^[7]