Halyna Pundyk

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.

Halyna Pundyk
Personal information
Native name	Галина Пундик
Born	(1987-11-07) November 7, 1987 (age 37) Chotyrboky, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Weapon	sabre
Hand	right-handed
National coach	Artem Skorokhod
Club	CSKA
Head coach	Valery Shturbabin
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record Women's sabre Representing  Ukraine Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team sabre World Championships 2009 Antalya Team sabre 2013 Budapest Team sabre 2007 Saint Petersburg Team 2010 Paris Team sabre 2011 Catania Team Sabre 2012 Kyiv Team sabre European Championships 2009 Plovdiv Team sabre 2010 Leipzig Team sabre 2008 Kyiv Team sabre 2011 Sheffield Team sabre 2012 Legnano Team Sabre 2013 Zagreb Team Sabre 2005 Zalaegerszeg Team sabre 2007 Gand Sabre 2009 Plovdiv Sabre 2011 Sheffield Sabre 2014 Strasbourg Team Sabre Summer Universiade 2007 Bangkok Individual 2007 Bangkok Team 2011 Shenzhen Team sabre 2013 Kazan Sabre

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.