Victoria Tereshchuk

Who is Victoria Tereshchuk?

Victoria Anatoliïvna Tereshchuk is a female modern pentathlete from Ukraine. A competitor since 1999 she won a bronze medal in the women's modern pentathlon event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and was crowned World Champion in the individual and mixed relay events in 2011. For her World Championship victories, she was named Ukrainian Sportswoman of the Year and received the Order of Princess Olga in the Second Class. She is also the 2008 European Champion and competed at the 2004 and 2012 Olympic modern pentathlon tournaments, where she finished seventh and twenty-third respectively.