Grygorii Vasylovych Vovchynskyi (Ukrainian: Григорій Васильович Вовчинський, born 4 July 1988)[1][2] is a Ukrainian biathlete, cross-country skier, and Paralympian. He is classified LW8 (single arm amputation), and compete in classification category standing.
Career
editHe finished the Cherkasy National University (2012).
He competed in biathlon and cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, Canada. In cross-country skiing he won silver in the men's relay, open with Iurii Kostiuk, Vitaliy Lukyanenko and Volodymyr Ivanov, and a bronze medal in the 10 km, standing. He placed 6th in the men's 1 km sprint and 15th in the 20 km, standing. In biathlon, he took the silver medal in the 12.5 km, and the bronze medal in the men's 3 km pursuit, standing.[3]
He competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, winning a gold medal in Men's 6 kilometres Biathlon, standing.[4]
References
edit- ^ Вовчинський Григорій Васильович [Grygorii Vasylovych Vovchynskyi] (in Ukrainian). paralympic.org.ua. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014.
- ^ "Grygorii Vovchynskyi". Vancouver2010.com. Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 8 April 2010.
- ^ "Grygorii Vovchynskyi". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
- ^ "Winter Paralympics 2022: Ukraine top medal table on day one while Millie Knight and Brett Wild win Great Britain's first medal". Sky Sports. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
External links
edit- Grygorii Vovchynskyi at the International Paralympic Committee
- Grygorii Vovchynskyi at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
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