Halyna Oschejko

Halyna Oschejko
portrait
birthday	March 23, 1979
place of birth	Kiev, Ukrainian SSR
size	1.74 m
Partner	2003-2010 Svetlana Baburyna
(As of September 13, 2011)

Halyna Oschejko ( Ukrainian Галина Ошейко , also transcribed Galyna Osheyko ; born March 23, 1979 in Kiev , Ukrainian SSR ) is a former Ukrainian beach volleyball player .

Career

In 2003 Oschejko formed a duo with Swetlana Baburyna , who came in second in the group at the European Championships in Alanya in the round of 16 and lost to the Swiss Kuhn / Schnyder-Benoit . The following year, the Ukrainians were eliminated in the preliminary round of the European Championship in Timmendorfer Strand . In 2005 they got some high places in satellite tournaments. At the European Championship in Moscow they lost their second game against the Russians Schirjajewa / Urjadowa and were eliminated against the German duo Flemig / Semmler . In 2006 in The Hague , they failed with two tiebreaker defeats against the Latvians Jursone / Minusa and the Germans Pohl / Rau . The 2007 European Championship tournaments in Valencia and 2008 in Hamburg were also less successful , with Baburyna / Oschejko failing in the second and first round of losers. Shortly after the European Championship in 2008 they reached the final of the Grand Slam in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee . At the 2009 World Cup they had to give up as third party in the first main round to the eventual world champions Ross / Kessy from the USA. After the Klagenfurt Grand Slam in 2010, Oschejko ended her international career.

Web links

• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)