Andriy Zhyltsov is a

Paralympian The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

athlete from

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

competing mainly in category T36 sprint events.

Biography

Andriy competed at both the

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and

2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympi ...

. In the first he competed in the 200 m, 400 m and 4x400 m but it was in the 100 m where he won his only medal, a bronze. In 2004 he had more success winning bronze in both the 4x100 m and 4x400 m relays, silver in the 200 m and improved in the 100 m to win the gold medal, he also competed in the long jump.profile on paralympic.org
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References

Paralympic athletes of Ukraine Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Ukraine Paralympic silver medalists for Ukraine Paralympic bronze medalists for Ukraine Living people Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Year of birth missing (living people) Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Ukrainian male sprinters {{Ukraine-athletics-bio-stub