Valentina Semerenko

A Ukrainian biathlete, Honored Master of Sports of Ukraine, member of the Ukrainian national biathlon team.

Champion of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.

Champion and four-time medalist of the Biathlon World Championships, winner and medalist of Biathlon World Cup stages, 2004 junior world champion, seven-time European champion, 2011 summer biathlon world champion in the sprint, multiple champion of Ukrainian championships, and at the 23rd Winter Universiade she won 4 medals (3 silver, 1 bronze).

Participant of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, 2010 in Vancouver, 2014 in Sochi and 2018 in PyeongChang. Senior Lieutenant of the SBU.

Valentyna Semerenko is the twin sister of Ukrainian biathlete Vita Semerenko.

At the 2008 World Championships in Ostersund and the 2011 World Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk, Valentyna took second place in the relay, but due to Oksana Khvostenko's violation of anti-doping rules, the International Biathlon Union stripped the Ukrainian women's relay team of second place in the 2011 Biathlon World Championships race.

She was awarded the Orders of Princess Olga for special contributions to the development of physical culture in Ukraine, and the Order of Merit for a significant personal contribution to strengthening national security, high professionalism, exemplary performance of official duty and on the occasion of the Day of the Security Service of Ukraine.