The global toy manufacturer Mattel, best known for Barbie products, has launched a doll inspired by Ukrainian sabre fencer Olga Kharlan as part of their “Role Models” series.
The series features dolls created in the likeness of successful women in various professions from all over the world.
Kharlan said that as a child she had a Barbie doll and would never have imagined inspiring one herself.
“I am insanely happy that I could motivate the legendary Barbie brand to create this beauty,” Kharlan wrote on Facebook on March 5.
