Olena Akopyan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Olena Akopyan
Occupation	Biathlete
Date Of Birth	Oct 4, 1969(1969-10-04)
Age	55
Birthplace	Yenakiieve
Country	Ukraine
Birth City	Donetsk Oblast
Horoscope	Libra

Olena Akopyan Biography

Olena Akopyan is one of the most popular and richest Biathlete who was born on October 4, 1969 in Yenakiieve, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Olena Hrachykivna Akopian (Ukrainian: Olena Grachikivna Akopian born in October 4, 1969) is a Paralympic swimmer from Ukraine who competes mostly in the category S5 events. She is also among the very few athletes who participated in both the winter and summer Paralympics and has competed in biathlon and cross-country skiing events in the winter Paralympics. Akopyan’s greatest Paralympic success was in the pool, where she picked up thirteen of her 15 medals including her one gold medal.

The 2004 Summer Paralympics, Akopyan won silver medal in the 50m butterfly, behind Teresa Perales of Spain and another silver in the 200m freestyle, which she shared with Hess. She defeated Hess to win the gold medal at the 50m freestyle. Sheh also won bronze at the 200m freestyle ahead of Perales and Hess as well as being an athlete in the Ukrainian 4x50m medley team that placed fourth. Akopyan was trained by Maryna Kuzmina (Honored coach of Ukraine) from 2001to 2005.

At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, Akopyan broke the World record in the 50m butterfly only to see both China’s Fuying Jiang and Russia’s Anastasia Diodorova swim quicker in the final leaving her with the bronze medal. She took the bronze medal in the 50m and 200m freestyle and finished fourth in the 100m freestyle.

In the 2000 Summer Paralympics, Akopyan also won gold medals for silver in the 100m, 50m and 200m freestyle. He also succeeded in smashing his own Paralympic record during the 50m freestyle’s initial heat only to watch Hess break the record in the second round and the world record was set during the last. Akopyan placed 4th in the 50m butterfly event and 50m backstroke.

Olena Akopyan Net Worth

Olena Akopyan is one of the richest Biathlete from Ukraine. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Olena Akopyan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In the 1996 Summer Paralympics, Akopyan won three silver medals in the 50m (160 feet) 100 metres (330 feet) and 200 meters (660 feet) freestyle. Every time she finished in the second place behind her French counterpart Beatrice Hess, who set two world records as well as a Paralympic record in each of the three events. Akopyan was 6th in 100m breaststroke.

In the 1998 Winter Paralympics in Nagano, Akopyan won a bronze in the 7.5 kilometers (4.7 miles) biathlon with a sitski and 5 km (3.1 miles) cross- country ski race. Akopyan placed sixth in the 10- km (6.2 miles) while fourth for the 2.5 kilometers (1.6 miles) cross-country races.

Akopyan was disabled as a teenager as a result of a knife attack in Belgorod, where she had moved to attend a music school. She was married in August 2008. In 2010, she gave birth to a son and daughter.

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Olena Ranked on the list of most popular Biathlete. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ukraine. Olena Akopyan celebrates birthday on October 4 of every year.