Elena Sedina
- January 6, 2024
- Chess Player
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Elena Sedina |
| Occupation | Chess Player |
| Date Of Birth | Jun 1, 1968(1968-06-01) |
| Age | 56 |
| Birthplace | Kiev Located In The Administrative Territorial Entity United Kingdomrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Country Soviet Union |
| Country | Italy |
| Horoscope | Gemini |
Elena Sedina Biography
| Name | Elena Sedina |
| Birthday | Jun 1 |
| Birth Year | 1968 |
| Place Of Birth | Kiev Located In The Administrative Territorial Entity United Kingdomrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Country Soviet Union |
| Birth Country | Italy |
| Birth Sign | Gemini |
Elena Sedina is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on June 1, 1968 in Kiev Located In The Administrative Territorial Entity United Kingdomrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Country Soviet Union, Italy. Elena Sedina (Russian: Елена Седина ; Ukrainian: Оле́на Се́діна , Olena Sedina; born 1 June 1968 in Kiev) is a Ukrainian-Italian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She has won the Ukrainian Women’s Chess Championship, the Australian Open Chess Championship, and is a Chess Olympiad and Mitropa Cup gold medalist.
She obtained the titles of Woman International Master (WIM) in 1990, Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 1996 and International Master (IM) in 1999. She moved to Italy in 1995 and transferred to the Italian Chess Federation in April 2001.
Sedina competed in the Women’s World Chess Championship 2001 where she was eliminated by former Women’s World Chess Champion Maia Chiburdanidze in round two, the Women’s World Chess Championship 2004 where she was eliminated by Elina Danielian in round one, and the Women’s World Chess Championship 2008 where she made it to round three but was eliminated by eventual runner-up Hou Yifan in the rapid playoffs.
In January 2005 she scored 8.5/9 to win the Australian Open Chess Championship in Mount Buller, Victoria, becoming the first woman to ever do so.
Sedina graduated in Economics at the University of Kiev in 1990. She also gained a PhD in chess training methods at the Kiev Institute of Physical Culture and Sport in 1994.
Elena Sedina Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Chess Player |
| House | Living in own house. |
Elena Sedina is one of the richest Chess Player from Italy. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Elena Sedina 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Sedina learned to play chess at the age of seven and became women’s champion of Kiev at the age of eleven. At sixteen she won the Soviet Union Girls Under-18 Chess Championship in Chernihiv 1984.
Sedina won the Ukrainian Women’s Chess Championship in 1988 and again in 1990.
Along with Jana Krivec, she scored a perfect 7/7 in the 1997 Slovenian Women’s Team Chess Championship, and was the top scorer with 8/9 in the 1999 Swiss Team Chess Championship. She won the San Martino di Castrozza Open in 2001, came second in the 2000 Swiss Women’s Chess Championship and won the event in 2001, and finished equal first in the Genoa Centurini Open in 2004.
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Facts & Trivia
Elena Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Italy. Elena Sedina celebrates birthday on June 1 of every year.