Yekaterina Dyachenko

Yekaterina Vladimirovna Dyachenko (Russian: Екатерина Владимировна Дьяченко, also known as Ekaterina Diatchenko, born 31 August 1987) is a Russian former sabre fencer.^[1] Dyachenko represented Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in two sabre events.

Yekaterina Dyachenko
Dyachenko in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Yekaterina Vladimirovna Dyachenko
Born	(1987-08-31) 31 August 1987 (age 37) Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Weapon	Sabre
Hand	Right-handed
National coach	Christian Bauer
Club	Russian Army Sports Club
Personal coach	Vladimir Dyachenko, Natalya Dyachenko
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team sabre World Championships 2011 Catania Team sabre 2015 Moscow Team sabre 2013 Budapest Individual sabre 2013 Budapest Team sabre 2006 Torino Individual sabre 2014 Kazan Individual sabre European Championships 2006 İzmir Team sabre 2012 Legnano Team sabre 2013 Zagreb Team sabre 2014 Strasbourg Team sabre 2016 Toruń Team sabre 2009 Plovdiv Individual sabre 2009 Plovdiv Team sabre 2010 Leipzig Team sabre 2014 Strasbourg Individual sabre 2011 Sheffield Team sabre

She is the daughter of fencing coaches Vladimir and Natalya Dyachenko and the sister of Aleksey Dyachenko, who won the bronze medal as a member of the Russian team in the men's team sabre at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.^{[citation needed]}

Career

In the women's individual sabre at Beijing 2008, Dyachenko first defeated Japan's Madoka Hisagae in the table of 32, before losing out her next match to Ukraine's Olena Khomrova, with a sudden death score of 14–15.^[2] Few days later, she joined with her fellow fencers and teammates Ekaterina Fedorkina, Elena Nechaeva and Sofiya Velikaya for the women's team sabre. Dyachenko and her team won the fifth place match against the Polish team (led by Aleksandra Socha), with a total score of 45 touches.^[3]