Ukrainian fencer sells the sabre she used to win gold at the 2024 Olympics for Ukraine’s Armed Forces
Pravda Ukraine
Olha Kharlan, a two-time Olympic champion and the most awarded Olympic athlete in the history of Ukraine, sold her sabre at auction. It helped the Ukrainian fencing team win a gold medal at the 2024 Olympic Games.
Source: Olha Kharlan on Instagram
Details: Kharlan’s sabre was sold for UAH 10 million (USD 243,000). The money will be used to purchase Shablia (Ukrainian word for Sabre) sentry guns for the infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The auction was organised by the Serhii Prytula Foundation, which specialises in helping the defence forces and those affected by the Russo-Ukrainian war.
Kharlan won her sixth Olympic medal, beating Yana Klochkova. 33-year-old Kharlan, a native of the city of Mykolaiv, became the first Ukrainian woman to win medals at four Olympics.
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