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Halyna Pundyk

Halyna Vasylivna Pundyk 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.

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Halyna Pundyk
Personal information
Native name
Галина Пундик
Born (1987-11-07) November 7, 1987
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Fencing career
SportFencing
Weaponsabre
Handright-handed
National coachArtem Skorokhod
ClubCSKA
Head coachValery Shturbabin
FIE rankingcurrent ranking

Halyna Vasylivna Pundyk (Ukrainian: Галина Василівна Пундик; born November 7, 198712) 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.

The Ukrainian women's team won gold in the sabre final, beating Russia34 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.

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