Alina Ivanivna Komashchuk (; born 24 April 1993) is a Ukrainian sabre fencer. She is an

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champion and silver medallist in the team sabre event. Komashchuk won the gold medal in the team sabre event at the

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and the silver medal in the team sabre event at the

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. She is also a

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gold and silver medallist,

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champion and

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silver and bronze medallist in the team sabre.

Career

In April 2013, Komashchuk won the gold medal in the Women's Sabre at the 2013 Junior and Cadet World Championship, held in the Croatian town of

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. On 12 August 2013 she won the Gold medal (with

Olha Kharlan Olha Hennadiivna Kharlan (; born 4 September 1990), also known as Olga Kharlan, is a Ukrainian sabre fencer. She is a four-time individual women’s world sabre champion, six-time Olympic medalist and the most decorated Ukrainian Olympian in h ...

, Halyna Pundyk and Olena Voronina) at the Women's team sabre at the 2013 World Fencing Championships in

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. During the 2012–13 season Komashchuk was ranked 4th in the World in the Women's Junior Individual Sabre classement by the Federation Internationale d'Escrime (FIE).

Personal life

Komashchuk was born in

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, Ukraine. As of 2013, was a student at the

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* 1993 births Living people Ukrainian female sabre fencers People from Netishyn Armed Forces (sports society) sportspeople in Ukraine Fencers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Fencers at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in fencing Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers for Ukraine European Games gold medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Ukraine Olympic medalists in fencing Summer World University Games medalists in fencing FISU World University Games silver medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Laureates of the Prize of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for special achievements of youth in the development of Ukraine Sportspeople from Khmelnytskyi Oblast 21st-century Ukrainian sportswomen Fencers at the 2023 European Games Military World Games silver medalists for Ukraine Military World Games medalists in fencing Military World Games bronze medalists for Ukraine Fencers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Ukraine {{Ukraine-fencing-bio-stub