Olena Zhupina

Olena Zhupina

Personal information
Born	23 August 1973 (1973-08-23) (age 51) Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Sport
Partner	Ganna Sorokina
Medal record Women's diving Representing Ukraine Olympic Games Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney 3 m synchro World Championships Gold medal – first place 1998 Perth 10 m platform Gold medal – first place 1998 Perth 10 m synchro European Championships Gold medal – first place 1999 Istanbul 10 m platform Gold medal – first place 1999 Istanbul 3 m synchro Silver medal – second place 2002 Berlin 10 m synchro Silver medal – second place 2004 Madrid 10 m platform Bronze medal – third place 1993 Sheffield 10 m platform Bronze medal – third place 2000 Helsinki 10 m platform Bronze medal – third place 2000 Helsinki 3 m synchro Bronze medal – third place 2000 Helsinki 10 m synchro Summer Universiade Silver medal – second place 2001 Beijing Team Silver medal – second place 2001 Beijing Women's synchro springboard Goodwill Games Silver medal – second place 1998 New York 10 m synchro Bronze medal – third place 2001 Brisbane 3 m synchro World Cup Silver medal – second place 1999 Wellington 10 m platform Bronze medal – third place 1999 Wellington 3 m synchro Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney 3 m synchro Representing Soviet Union European Junior Diving Championships Silver medal – second place 1991 Brasschaat 10 m platform

Olena Zhupina (Ukrainian: Олена Жупіна, (born 23 August 1973) is a Ukrainian diver.

Career

She who won the bronze medal with Ganna Sorokina in the Women's 3m Synchronized Springboard competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Zhupina also competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics. She has 28 medals total, 13 of which are gold. In April 2002, she took the first place in Stockholm, Sweden, in the European Champions Cup in synchronous springboard diving. In 2001, she participated at the 4th SuperFinal of the Grand Prix which was held in Athens, Greece.