Kateryna Borysivna Palekha (Ukrainian: Катерина Борисівна Палеха; born 20 September 1980) is an athlete from Ukraine. She competes in archery.

Olympic medal record
Women's Archery
Representing  Ukraine
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2005 Madrid Team
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Beijing Individual
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Florence Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Brussels Team
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Oulu Team
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Oldenburg Team
Gold medal – first place 2002 Ankara Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Rzeszów Team
Silver medal – second place 2000 Spała Individual
Silver medal – second place 2006 Jaén Team
Silver medal – second place 2008 Torino Team
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2005 Izmir Individual
Silver medal – second place 2005 Izmir Team
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Daegu Team

Palekha represented Ukraine at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, She placed 59th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 595. In the first round of elimination, she faced 6th-ranked Yuan Shu Chi of Chinese Taipei. Palekha lost 162-158 in the 18-arrow match, placing 33rd overall in women's individual archery.

Palekha was also a member of the 6th-place Ukrainian team in the women's team archery competition.[1]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she lost to Miranda Leek in the last 64. The Ukrainian team that she was part of also lost in the first round, to the Japanese team.

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