Zoia Ovsii

Zoia Ovsii (born 30 August 1994) is a Ukrainian Paralympic athlete.[1] She represented Ukraine at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won two medals: the silver medal in the women's club throw F51 event and the bronze medal in the women's discus throw F52 event.[1] She has qualified to represent Ukraine at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in both the discus throw and club throw events.

Zoia Ovsii
Personal information
Born (1994-08-30) 30 August 1994
Sport
CountryUkraine
SportPara-athletics
DisabilityArthrogryposis
Disability classF51
Event(s)
Medal record
Women's para-athletics
Representing  Ukraine
Paralympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Club throw F51
2016 Rio de Janeiro Discus throw F52
World Championships
2017 London Club throw F51
2019 Dubai Club throw F51
2017 London Discus throw F52
2019 Dubai Discus throw F53
European Championships
2018 Berlin Club throw F51

In 2014, she competed in paracanoeing at the 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Moscow, Russia and she won the bronze medal in the women's V–1 200 m A event.[2]

At the 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships in Berlin, Germany, she set a new world record in the women's club throw F51.[3][4] She also accomplished this feat at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in the women's club throw F51 event with a distance of 25.23.[5][6]

References
  1. "Zoia Ovsii". paralympic.org. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  2. 2014 Women's V–1 200 m A Results
  3. Rowbottom, Mike (24 August 2018). "Three world records fall in the field at World Para Athletics European Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  4. "Women's club throw F51" (PDF). 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  5. Etchells, Daniel (11 November 2019). "Perfect 10 for Durand at World Para Athletics Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  6. "Women's club throw F51" (PDF). 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.


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