Zoia Ovsii

Zoia Ovsii

Zoia Ovsii in 2016
Personal information
Native name	Зоя Овсій
Born	(1994-08-30) 30 August 1994
Sport
Country	Ukraine
Sport	Para-athletics
Disability	Arthrogryposis
Disability class	F51
Event(s)	Club throw Discus throw
Medal record Representing  Ukraine Women's para-athletics Paralympic Games 2020 Tokyo Club throw F51 2016 Rio de Janeiro Club throw F51 2016 Rio de Janeiro Discus throw F52 2020 Tokyo Discus throw F53 World Championships 2017 London Club throw F51 2019 Dubai Club throw F51 2017 London Discus throw F52 2019 Dubai Discus throw F53 European Championships 2018 Berlin Club throw F51 2018 Berlin Discus throw F53 2021 Bydgoszcz Club throw F51 2021 Bydgoszcz Discus throw F53 Women's paracanoe World Championships 2014 Moscow V–1 200 m A

Zoia Ovsii (Ukrainian: Зоя Овсій, born 30 August 1994) is a Ukrainian Paralympic athlete competing in F51-classification throwing events. She won the gold medal in the women's club throw F51 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She also won the bronze medal in the women's discus throw F53 event. She also won two medals at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

She is a two-time gold medalist in the women's club throw F51 event at the World Para Athletics Championships. She also won the gold medal in this event at the 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships in Berlin, Germany.

Career

She represented Ukraine at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won two medals: the silver medal in the women's club throw F51 event and the bronze medal in the women's discus throw F52 event.

In 2014, she competed in paracanoeing at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Moscow, Russia and she won the bronze medal in the women's V–1 200 m A event.

At the 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships in Berlin, Germany, she set a new world record in the women's club throw F51. She also accomplished this feat at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in the women's club throw F51 event with a distance of 25.23.

In 2021, she won the silver medal in the women's club throw F51 and women's discus throw F53 events at the World Para Athletics European Championships held in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Achievements

Club throw

Discus throw

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zoia Ovsii.

• Zoia Ovsii at Paralympic.org
• Zoia Ovsii at IPC.InfostradaSports.com