Volha Silkina

Volha Silkina
Personal information
Native nameВольга Сілкіна
Born (1995-05-27) 27 May 1995 (age 29)
Sport
CountryBelarus
SportModern pentathlon
Medal record
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest Individual
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest Team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Cairo Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Cairo Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Székesfehérvár Relay
Gold medal – first place 2021 Nizhny Novgorod Relay
Silver medal – second place 2019 Bath Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Minsk Team

Volha Silkina (Belarusian: Вольга Сілкіна; born 27 May 1995) is a Belarusian modern pentathlete. She won the gold medal in the women's individual event at the 2019 World Modern Pentathlon Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[1] She also won the gold medal in the women's team event together with Anastasiya Prokopenko and Iryna Prasiantsova.

She competed at the European Modern Pentathlon Championships in 2017, 2018 and 2019.

She represented Belarus at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2]

  1. ^ "UIPM 2019 Pentathlon and Laser Run World Championships: Silkina (BLR) claims the crown". UIPM. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Pentathletes Volha Silkina, Iryna Prasiantsova secure Tokyo Olympics berths | Belarus News | Belarusian news | Belarus today | news in Belarus | Minsk news | BELTA". eng.belta.by. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.