Olha Hennadiyivna Kharlan is a Ukrainian sabre fencer. She holds a bronze medal from both the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics and is a four-time World champion and five-time European champion. She was Olympic team champion in the 2008 Summer Olympics, twice World team champion and twice European team champion. Kharlan was named athlete of the year at the 2009 Ukrainian Heroes of Sports Years awards. She briefly pursued a political career.
| Country represented: | Ukraine |
| Born: | September 4, 1990, Mykolaiv, Ukraine |
| Weapon(s): | Sabre |
| Hand: | Right-handed |
| Club: | Dynamo |
| Head coach(es): | Artem Skorokhod |
| FIE Ranking: | current ranking |
| Facebook: | Olha Kharlan's Facebook profile |
About Olha Kharlan
Fencer who represented Ukraine internationally, winning a gold medal in women's team sabre at the 2008 Olympics and taking bronze in women's sabre in 2012.
Olha Kharlan Before Fame
She won multiple sabre competitions at Universiade.
Achievement of Olha Kharlan
She won gold in team sabre in the 2009 and 2013 World Championships.
Olha Kharlan Family Life
She was born in Mykolaiv, Ukraine.
Associations of Olha Kharlan
Gymnast Anna Bessonova also represented Ukraine in the 2008 Olympics, winning all-around bronze.
Information related to Olha Kharlan
- Ukrainian sabre fencers
- Ukrainian sportsperson-politicians
- Ukrainian female fencers
- Party of Greens of Ukraine politicians
- Olympic fencers of Ukraine
- European Games gold medalists for Ukraine
- Olympic gold medalists for Ukraine
- European Games medalists in fencing
- Olympic silver medalists for Ukraine
- Fencers at the 2015 European Games
- Olympic bronze medalists for Ukraine
- Party of Regions politicians
- Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics