Olena Buryak (Ukrainian: Олена Буряк; born 8 February 1988 in Mykolaiv) is a Ukrainian rower.
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| Born | 8 February 1988 (age 36) Mykolaiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Sub 7 Indoor Rowing Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's double sculls with Hanna Kravchenko.[1] She was part of the Ukrainian women's quadruple sculls team, with Daryna Verkhohliad, Anastasiia Kozhenkova and Yevheniya Nimchenko, at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2] The team finished 4th.[2] She was also part of the Ukrainian quadruple sculls team that finished second at the 2010 World Rowing Championships. The team consisted of Buryak, Kozhenkova, Kateryna Tarasenko and Yana Dementieva.[3]
She rows for Spartak Kyiv.[4]
Indoor rowing career
editBuryak is a multiple world record holder in women's indoor rowing, and was the fastest woman ever over the 2000 metres distance until Brooke Mooney surpassed her in 2021.[citation needed]
She won the CRASH-B Sprints in 2013 and 2017.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ "Olena Buriak Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ a b "2016 OLYMPIC GAMES REGATTA – Rio de Janeiro – (W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls – Final". worldrowing.com. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ "2010 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Karapiro, NZL – (W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls – Final". worldrowing.com. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ "Olena BURYAK – worldrowing.com". worldrowing.com. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ "2013 CRASH-B Sprints Results". crash-b.org. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ "CRASH-B Sprints Results 2017" (PDF). 12 February 2017. p. 33. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
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