Olena Kryvytska

Olena Serhiivna Kryvytska (Ukrainian: Олена Сергіївна Кривицькa; born 23 February 1987) is a Ukrainian fencer.

Olena Kryvytska
Kryvytska in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Olena Serhiyivna Kryvytska
Born	(1987-02-23) 23 February 1987 (age 38) Rostov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country	Ukraine
Weapon	Épée
Hand	Right-handed
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record World Championships 2015 Moscow Team épée 2017 Leipzig Individual épée 2019 Budapest Individual épée European Championships 2025 Genova Team épée Universiade 2009 Belgrade Team épée 2011 Shenzhen Individual épée 2013 Kazan Team épée Military Games 2019 Wuhan Team épée

Career

Kryvytska has won three world championship bronze medals.^[1] She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's épée, and was defeated in the second round.^[2] She was also part of the Ukrainian women's épée team that finished in 8th place.^[3]

She originally took up fencing in Ternopil, Ukraine, having moved there from Russia in the early 1990s.^[4]

In March 2022, speaking of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, she said her fellow athletes from Russia: "need to pick a side. Too many are keeping quiet and saying nothing. That's not acceptable, because they're involved; they belong to Russia. If they have a lot of followers on Instagram, they have to speak out and say that they are on the side of peace, and that their president is doing terrible things."^[5]