Anzhela Atroshchenko-Kinet (born , on ) is a former Turkish athlete of Belarusian descent. She competed in the

pentathlon A pentathlon is a contest featuring five events. The name is derived from Greek language, Greek: combining the words ''pente'' (five) and -''athlon'' (competition) (). The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Anci ...

and

heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek ἑπτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hep ...

category.

Biography

Atroshchenko started her career in athletics with pentathlon at the age of 14 years. She represented the Unified Team at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

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and finished 12th. In 1999, Atroshchenko signed a contract with the

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club of Enka SK and became a Turkish citizen. Then she transferred to her current Club Fenerbahçe Athletics.NTVMSNBC (1999-05-09). ''Fenerbahçe ile ENKA birbirine girdi'' ("Anzhela transferred to Fenerbahçe"). NTVMSNBC, 9 May 1999. Retrieved from http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/151572.asp. Since then, Atroshchenko has represented Turkey at various competitions. In 2002, Atroshchenko finished 4th at the

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. Atroshchenko competed in the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

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in the women's heptathlon category, but withdrew after four events because of injury. In 2005, Atroshchenko took part in the

2005 Mediterranean Games The XVth Mediterranean Games Almería 2005 (XV Juegos del Mediterráneo 2005 in Spanish), commonly known as the 2005 Mediterranean Games, were the 15th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Almería, Spain over 10 days, from 24 June to 3 Ju ...

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, where she won the

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in heptathlon with 5,870 points. Atroshchenko regularly commutes between her home in

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

and

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, where she trains. She speaks Belarusian,

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, and Turkish.

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* 1970 births Living people Enkaspor athletes Fenerbahçe athletes Belarusian heptathletes Naturalized citizens of Turkey Turkish people of Belarusian descent Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Unified Team Olympic athletes for Belarus Olympic athletes for Turkey Turkish female heptathletes Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Turkey Athletes (track and field) at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Turkish female modern pentathletes Place of birth missing (living people) {{Turkey-athletics-bio-stub