Holovchenko also trained throughout her sporting career as a member of the women's freestyle wrestling team for CSK Belaya Zerkov in Kyiv, under her personal coach Serhiy Basitsi.

When women's wrestling made its debut at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Holovchenko qualified for the Ukrainian squad in the 63 kg class.

Earlier in the process, she earned an Olympic spot by finishing fourth at the World Championships.

[2][3] Holovchenko lost two straight matches each to eventual Olympic champion Saori Yoshida of Japan on technical superiority and neighboring Russia's Alena Kartashova with a comfortable 7–0 verdict, leaving her on the bottom of the pool and placing last out of twelve wrestlers in the final standings.

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