Olha Leonova

Olha Leonova
Personal information
Nationality:	Ukraine
Discipline (s) :	Tower / synchronized jumping
Birthday:	June 27, 1976
Size:	164 cm
Weight:	54 kg

Olha Leonowa ( Ukrainian Ольга Леонова , born June 27, 1976 ) is a former Ukrainian water diver . She started in 10 m tower and synchronized jumping.

Leonowa played her first international title fights at the 1998 World Cup in Perth . There she started jumping and took seventh place with Olena Schupina in the 3 m synchronized competition. Two years later she was able to win her first medal at the European Championships in Helsinki , with Schupina she won the silver medal in the 10 m synchronized jumping. In the same competition, the duo placed eighth at the 2001 World Cup in Fukuoka . The European Championships in Berlin were also successful for Leonowa the following year . She won her first international individual medal with bronze from the tower and was also able to repeat winning the silver medal in the 10-meter synchronized jumping.

The 2003 World Championships in Barcelona brought the duo Leonova and Schupina again seventh place in the 10 m synchronized jumping. In Athens Leonova finally played her first Olympic Games in 2004 , but left the tower there in 23rd place after the preliminary fight. After the games, Leonova ended her active career.

Web links

• Olha Leonowa in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Results overview on www.the-sports.org (English)