Halyna Vasylivna Pundyk (; born November 7, 1987) is a Ukrainian

gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have b ...

list in sabre fencing. She was a member of the team that won the gold medal in sabre at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

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

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

and

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. At the

2009 World Fencing Championships 2009 World Fencing Championships was held at the Antalya Expo Center in Antalya, Turkey. The event took place from September 30 to October 8, 2009. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Medal table Results overview Men Foil individua ...

Pundyk and her teammates beat France to win gold. The team won the title "Team of the Year" at the (Ukrainian) "Sports Heroes of the Year 2009" ceremony in April 2010.Галина Пундик, Ольга Жовнір та Олена Хомрова

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(April 7, 2010) Halyna's brother,

Dmytro Dmytro (, ) is a Ukrainian name, derived from the Greek Demetrios. Nicknames Nicknames of the name Dmytro include: * Dima (; most common) *Dimochka (Дімочка) *Dimulia (Дімуля) *Dimusha (Дімуша) *Dimusia (Дімуся) *Dmyt ...

, is also a high-performance fencer.

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