Olha Kharlan
Olga Kharlan (Ukrainian: Ольга Харлан) (born September 4, 1990 in Mykolaiv) is a Ukrainian fencer (specialised in Sabre) and member of the team which won the gold medal in sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Kharlan was elected Ukraine's "Best Sportswoman of the Year" during the "Heroes of the 2008 Sports Year" award.
Since the 2010 Ukrainian local elections Kharlan is a member of the Mykolaiv City Council for Party of Regions; she lives in Kiev. She was standing for election to the Ukrainian Parliament in the October 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election but due to an 194th place on the list of Party of Regions she was not elected.
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