Anna Maksymenko, a 16-year-old fencer from Lviv, won the European Cadet Championships for the first time in her career.
The pupil of Zoryana Semeryak and Andriy Orlikovsky achieved incredible success in Naples, Italy, where the European Cadet and Junior Championships are taking place.
In the decisive fight, she won a strong-willed victory over Spanish fencer Lucia Abajo Salcedo. The 16-year-old Ukrainian won by one stroke, 15:14.