Olha Bohdanivna Zhovnir (; born 8 June 1989) is a Ukrainian fencer and member of the team which won the gold medal in sabre at the

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. The Ukrainian team (she has stayed a member of) won gold in the Sabre final beating

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during the

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. At the

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Zhovnir and her teammates beat

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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)

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1989 births People from Netishyn Living people Ukrainian female sabre fencers Armed Forces (sports society) sportspeople in Ukraine Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers for Ukraine Olympic gold medalists for Ukraine Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in fencing European Games gold medalists for Ukraine Sportspeople from Khmelnytskyi Oblast 21st-century Ukrainian sportswomen Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade {{Ukraine-fencing-bio-stub