Maksym Petrenko (Ukrainian: Максим Петренко; 7 January 1978 – 15 October 2024) was a Ukrainian sport climber. Petrenko represented Ukraine in elite competition for 15 years, in both the junior and senior levels. In 1999, he won a bronze medal at the IFSC Climbing World Championships. He was killed in battle during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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| Native name | Максим Петренко | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 January 1978 Luhansk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 October 2024 (aged 46) Toretsk, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Climber | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Climbing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Men's lead | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
editPetremko was born in Luhansk on 7 January 1978.[1] Petrenko's career spanned from 1992 to 2007 and he competed in the IFSC Climbing World Championships seven times.[2] He was notably victorious at the 1997 IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships in Imst[3] and earned a bronze medal in the men's lead competition at the 1999 UIAA Climbing World Championships in Birmingham.[4] His outdoor climbing abilities allowed him to reach a grade of 8c+.[5]
In 2024, Petrenko enlisted in the Ukrainian Armed Forces to fight in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. During combat in Toretsk, he was killed during mortar fire on 15 October 2024.[6] He was 46.[7]
References
edit- ^ Prikhodko, Maxim (19 October 2024). "На войне против российских оккупантов погиб чемпион мира по скалолазанию". Television News Service (in Russian). Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ "IFSC mourns the loss of Maksyn Petrenko". International Federation of Sport Climbing. 20 October 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ "Maksym Petrenko". International Federation of Sport Climbing.
- ^ Stefanello, Vinicio (5 December 1999). "World Championship Birmingham - Bernardino Lagni and Liv Sansoz victorious". PlanetMountain.com. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ Solère, Guillaume (18 October 2024). "Adieu à Maxim Petrenko, extraordinaire grimpeur ukrainien". Kairn (in French). Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ Clarke, Owen (21 October 2024). "Former Ukrainian Climbing Star Maksym Petrenko Killed in Battle". Climbing. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ Bataille, Adrien (18 October 2024). "Le dernier combat du grimpeur Ukrainien Maksym Petrenko". Vertige Media (in French). Retrieved 25 October 2024.