Elena Ivashchenko

Elena Ivashchenko died on June 15, 2013.

Elena Ivashchenko was 28 years old at the time of death.

The cause of death of Elena Ivashchenko was suicide by jumping.

Elena Ivashchenko was born on December 28, 1984.

Elena Ivashchenko (née Shleyzye; Russian: Елена Иващенко, Елена Шлейзе; 28 December 1984 – 15 June 2013) was a Russian judoka.

Biography

Ivashchenko was born in Omsk, Russia on 28 December 1984.

She won a silver medal (2008) and two bronze medals (2007, 2011) at the World Judo Championships (and World Open Judo Championships). She also had four gold medals (2007, 2009, 2011, 2012) and one bronze medal (2006) at the European Judo Championships. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the +78 kg event and lost in the repechage to Iryna Kindzerska.

She committed suicide in Tyumen, Russia, at the age of 28 on 15 June 2013.