Anna Lysenko

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Anna Lysenko
Personal information
NationalityUkrainian
Born (1991-12-22) 22 December 1991 (age 34)
Boxing career
Weight classWelterweight
Medal record
Representing File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
Women's boxing
European Amateur Boxing Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Sofia 69 kg

Anna Lysenko (Ukrainian: Анна Лисенко, born 22 December 1991) is a Ukrainian boxer.

Career

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She represented Ukraine at the 2016 World Championships and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Lysenko was the only female boxing Olympian from Ukraine at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1]

She studied law in the Academy of Advocacy of Ukraine in Kyiv.[2]

In the 2019 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships in Alcobendas, Madrid she reached quarterfinals.[3]

As an athlete, Lysenko represents the Central sports club of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during qualification to the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]

In an interview to "Utro Doma" Lysenko said that she started her boxing career at 17 and her first coach was Oleksandr Salenko who trained her about 12-13 years.[5]

References

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