Hanna Balabanova (Ukrainian: Ганна Балабанова, born 10 December 1969) is a Ukrainian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1990s to the mid-2000s (decade). Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the K-4 500 m event at Athens in 2004.

Hanna Balabanova
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens K-4 500 m
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Poznań K-4 1000 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Milan K-4 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2004 Poznań K-4 500 m

Balabanova also won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 2001 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań.

References edit

  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hanna Balabanova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.