# Alena Abramchuk > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alena_Abramchuk > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alena_Abramchuk.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alena_Abramchuk > Source revision: 1334244407 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Belarusian track and field athlete|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox sportsperson | image= | image_size= | caption= | birth_date= {{birth date and age|1988|2|14|df=y}} | birth_place= [Davyd-Haradok](/source/Davyd-Haradok) | height={{height|m=1.82}} | weight={{convert|95|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | country= {{BLR}} | sport =[Track and field](/source/Track_and_field) | event=[Shot put](/source/Shot_put) | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Competition|[European Indoor Championships](/source/European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships)}} {{Medal|Bronze|[2013 Gothenburg](/source/2013_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships)|Shot put}} }} '''Alena Vasilyeuna Abramchuk''', née '''Kapiets''' ({{langx|be|Алена Васілеўна Абрамчук (Капец)}}; born 14 February 1988)[http://www.sportbrest.by/kandidaty-brestskoj-oblasti-na-olimpijskie-igry/item/1415 Абрамчук (Копец) Елена] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208142334/http://www.sportbrest.by/kandidaty-brestskoj-oblasti-na-olimpijskie-igry/item/1415 |date=2015-12-08 }}. Sport Brest. Retrieved on 2015-12-02. is a [Belarus](/source/Belarus)ian [track and field](/source/track_and_field) athlete who competes in the [shot put](/source/shot_put). She was the bronze medallist at the [2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships](/source/2013_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships). Her personal best is {{T&Fcalc|19.24}}, set in 2013. ==Career== She began competing at national level as a teenager and made her international debut at the [2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics](/source/2006_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics), competing in both the shot put and [discus throw](/source/discus_throw) events.[http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/belarus/alena-abramchuk-211593#honours Alena Abramchuk]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-12-02. Her first international medals followed in 2007 with silver medals in the shot put at the [2007 European Athletics Junior Championships](/source/2007_European_Athletics_Junior_Championships) and in the under-23 section at the [2007 European Cup Winter Throwing](/source/2007_European_Cup_Winter_Throwing). She was also fifth at the [Military World Games](/source/Track_and_field_at_the_2007_Military_World_Games).[http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/atf.php?Sex=2&ID=36617 Alena Abramchuk]. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2015-12-02. She began attending [A.S. Pushkin Brest State University](/source/A.S._Pushkin_Brest_State_University), studying in the [physical education](/source/physical_education) department.[http://www.brsu.by/en/content/march-8-present-elena-kopets March 8 Present from Elena Kopets]. Brest State University. Retrieved on 2015-12-02. Abramchuk focused more on shot put after 2007 and repeated her under-23 winter silver medal with a personal best of {{T&Fcalc|16.69}} at the [2008 European Cup Winter Throwing](/source/2008_European_Cup_Winter_Throwing), then again at the [2009 edition](/source/2009_European_Cup_Winter_Throwing). She improved her best to {{T&Fcalc|17.97}} that season and claimed a trio of bronze medals at the [European Team Championships](/source/European_Athletics_Team_Championships), [Summer Universiade](/source/Summer_Universiade) and the [European Athletics U23 Championships](/source/European_Athletics_U23_Championships). She added two centimetres to her best in 2010, but did not compete internationally. She established herself among the world's top throwers at the start of 2011, throwing a best of {{T&Fcalc|18.82}} in [Minsk](/source/Minsk), which ranked her in the top twenty shot putters that season.[http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/tafn-lists?list_id=4&sex_id=W&yyear=2011 2011 World Comprehensive List - Women] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208223921/http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/tafn-lists?list_id=4&sex_id=W&yyear=2011 |date=2015-12-08 }}. ''[Track & Field News](/source/Track_%26_Field_News)'' (2012). Retrieved on 2015-12-02. Abramchuk won her first national title indoors in February 2011 then claimed her first international win at the [2011 European Cup Winter Throwing](/source/2011_European_Cup_Winter_Throwing), beating France's [Jessica Cérival](/source/Jessica_C%C3%A9rival). She made her debut on the [IAAF Diamond League](/source/IAAF_Diamond_League) circuit in [Shanghai](/source/Shanghai) and ranked fifth at the [Universiade](/source/Athletics_at_the_2011_Summer_Universiade). Another best of {{T&Fcalc|18.90}} the following February saw her again ranked in the world's top twenty in 2012.[http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/tafn-lists?list_id=4&sex_id=W&yyear=2012 2012 World Comprehensive List - Women] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623000939/http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/tafn-lists?list_id=4&sex_id=W&yyear=2012 |date=2013-06-23 }}. ''[Track & Field News](/source/Track_%26_Field_News)'' (2013). Retrieved on 2015-12-02. She failed to match this form in major competition, being eliminated at the [2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships](/source/2012_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships) and placing fifth at the [2012 European Cup Winter Throwing](/source/2012_European_Cup_Winter_Throwing). She threw beyond nineteen metres for the first time in January 2013 with a mark of {{T&Fcalc|19.06}}. A bronze medal at the [2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships](/source/2013_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships) – her first podium finish at a major championship – marked a new high. She was the national champion indoors and outdoors that year and regularly threw beyond eighteen metres in competition. She placed second to Russia's [Yevgeniya Kolodko](/source/Yevgeniya_Kolodko) at the [2013 European Cup Winter Throwing](/source/2013_European_Cup_Winter_Throwing) and had several top five finishes on the [2013 IAAF Diamond League](/source/2013_IAAF_Diamond_League) circuit. Her best that year was {{T&Fcalc|19.24}}, set in Minsk, and she was a finalist at the [2013 World Championships in Athletics](/source/2013_World_Championships_in_Athletics). In the 2014 season she was eliminated in the qualifiers of the [2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships](/source/2014_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships), but made the final of the [2014 European Athletics Championships](/source/2014_European_Athletics_Championships), coming in ninth place. At the [2014 European Cup Winter Throwing](/source/2014_European_Cup_Winter_Throwing) she was again beaten by Kolodko of Russia. She came close to another continental bronze at the [2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships](/source/2015_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships), beating narrowly beaten into fourth by [Radoslava Mavrodieva](/source/Radoslava_Mavrodieva). She set a best in the discus of {{T&Fcalc|55.16}} in taking her first national title in that year, but missed the [2015 World Championships in Athletics](/source/2015_World_Championships_in_Athletics). ==National titles== *[Belarusian Athletics Championships](/source/Belarusian_Athletics_Championships) **Shot put: 2013 **Discus throw: 2015 *Belarusian Indoor Championships **Shot put: 2011, 2013, 2014 ==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- |rowspan=2|2006 |rowspan=2|[World Junior Championships](/source/2006_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics) |rowspan=2|[Beijing](/source/Beijing), China |17th (q) |[Shot put](/source/2006_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_shot_put) |14.77 m |- |19th (q) |[Discus throw](/source/2006_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_discus_throw) |44.77 m |- |rowspan=4|2007 |[European Cup Winter Throwing](/source/2007_European_Cup_Winter_Throwing) (U23) |[Yalta](/source/Yalta), Ukraine |bgcolor=silver|2nd |Shot put |15.74 m |- |rowspan=2|[European Junior Championships](/source/2007_European_Athletics_Junior_Championships) |rowspan=2|[Hengelo](/source/Hengelo), Netherlands |bgcolor=silver|2nd |Shot put |16.10 m |- |14th |Discus throw |45.84 m |- |[Military World Games](/source/Track_and_field_at_the_2007_Military_World_Games) |[Hyderabad](/source/Hyderabad), India |5th |Shot put |14.91 m |- |2008 |[European Cup Winter Throwing](/source/2008_European_Cup_Winter_Throwing) (U23) |[Split](/source/Split_(city)), Croatia |bgcolor=silver|2nd |Shot put |16.69 m |- |rowspan=4|2009 |[European Cup Winter Throwing](/source/2009_European_Cup_Winter_Throwing) (U23) |[Los Realejos](/source/Los_Realejos), Spain |bgcolor=silver|2nd |Shot put |16.36 m |- |[European Team Championships 1st League](/source/2009_European_Team_Championships) |[Bergen](/source/Bergen), Norway |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |Shot put |17.08 m |- |[Universiade](/source/Athletics_at_the_2009_Summer_Universiade) |[Belgrade](/source/Belgrade), Serbia |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |[Shot put](/source/Athletics_at_the_2009_Summer_Universiade_%E2%80%93_Women's_shot_put) |17.48 m |- |[European U23 Championships](/source/2009_European_Athletics_U23_Championships) |[Kaunas](/source/Kaunas), Lithuania |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |[Shot put](/source/2009_European_Athletics_U23_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_shot_put) |17.72 m |- |rowspan=3|2011 |[European Indoor Championships](/source/2011_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships) |[Paris](/source/Paris), France |9th (q) |[Shot put](/source/2011_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_shot_put) |17.11 m |- |[European Cup Winter Throwing](/source/2011_European_Cup_Winter_Throwing) |[Sofia](/source/Sofia), Bulgaria |bgcolor=gold|1st |Shot put |17.71 |- |[Universiade](/source/Athletics_at_the_2011_Summer_Universiade) |[Shenzhen](/source/Shenzhen), China |5th |[Shot put](/source/Athletics_at_the_2011_Summer_Universiade_%E2%80%93_Women's_shot_put) |17.07 m |- |2012 |[World Indoor Championships](/source/2012_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships) |[Istanbul](/source/Istanbul), Turkey |9th (q) |[Shot put](/source/2012_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_shot_put) |17.80 m |- |rowspan=3|2013 |[European Indoor Championships](/source/2013_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships) |[Gothenburg](/source/Gothenburg), Sweden |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |[Shot put](/source/2013_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_shot_put) |18.85 m |- |[European Cup Winter Throwing](/source/2013_European_Cup_Winter_Throwing) |[Castellón de la Plana](/source/Castell%C3%B3n_de_la_Plana), Spain |bgcolor=silver|2nd |Shot put |18.18 m |- |[World Championships](/source/2013_World_Championships_in_Athletics) |[Moscow](/source/Moscow), Russia |12th |[Shot put](/source/2013_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_shot_put) |17.70 m |- |rowspan=3|2014 |[World Indoor Championships](/source/2014_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships) |[Sopot](/source/Sopot), Poland |10th (q) |[Shot put](/source/2014_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_shot_put) |17.73 m |- |[European Cup Winter Throwing](/source/2014_European_Cup_Winter_Throwing) |[Leiria](/source/Leiria), Portugal |bgcolor=silver|2nd |Shot put |18.58 m |- |[European Championships](/source/2014_European_Athletics_Championships) |[Zurich](/source/Zurich), Switzerland |9th |[Shot put](/source/2014_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_shot_put) |17.65 m |- |rowspan=2|2015 |[European Indoor Championships](/source/2015_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships) |[Prague](/source/Prague), Czech Republic |4th |[Shot put](/source/2015_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_shot_put) |17.63 m |- |[European Cup Winter Throwing](/source/2015_European_Cup_Winter_Throwing) |[Leiria](/source/Leiria), Portugal |5th |Shot put |17.11 m |} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{World Athletics}} * {{Olympics.com profile|alena-abramchuk}} * {{SR/Olympics profile|ab/yelena-abramchuk-1}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Abramchuk, Alena}} Category:Living people Category:1988 births Category:Belarusian women shot putters Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Belarus Category:Belarusian State University alumni Category:Olympic athletes for Belarus Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Belarus Category:Competitors at the 2011 Summer Universiade Category:Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade Category:People from Stolin district Category:Sportspeople from Brest region --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alena Abramchuk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alena_Abramchuk) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alena_Abramchuk?action=history)). 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