Olena Kostevych

Who is Olena Kostevych?

Olena Kostevych is a pistol shooter from Chernihiv, Ukraine. She was born in Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.

At the age of 17, Kostevych won the 10 m Air Pistol event at the 2002 ISSF World Shooting Championships. She followed this with a victory in the 2003 ISSF World Cup Final, and an Olympic gold medal at the 2004 Olympics. She is currently a student. At the 2008 Olympics, she was placed in 26th place 25 metre pistol and 31st in 10 metre air pistol. Her Ukrainian record of 394 is one point higher than the world record.

At the 2012 Olympics in London Olena Kostevych won two bronze medals in 10 metre and 25 meter air pistol competitions.