Dmytro Oleksandrovych Chumak ( uk, Дмитро Олександрович Чумак; born 29 January 1980) is a

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

épée fencer.

Career

Chumak won a bronze medal at the 2005 European Championships in Zalaegerszeg after being defeated 13–15 in the semi-finals by Poland's

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. Along with

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and

Bohdan Nikishyn Bohdan Serhiyovych Nikishyn ( uk, Богдан Сергійович Нікішин, translit=Bohdan Serhiyovyč Nikišyn; born 29 May 1980) is a Ukrainian right-handed épée fencer, 2015 team world champion, and three-time Olympian. Nikishyn c ...

, he earned the bronze medal in the épée team event of the

2006 World Fencing Championships The 2006 World Fencing Championships were held at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy. The event took place from 29 September to 7 October 2006. Same Thing of the 2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter ...

after beating Hungary in the bronze medal match. Chumak competed at the

2008 Beijing Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...

. In the first round he defeated Venezuela's

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, who would become Olympic champion at the

2012 London Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, but was stopped in the table of 16 by South Korea's Jung Jin-sun. In the team event, Ukraine lost in the quarter-finals to Poland and finished 7th after the qualification rounds. Chumak also coaches at the Academy of Fencing Masters in Campbell, California.

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* * 1980 births Living people Ukrainian male épée fencers Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers of Ukraine Universiade medalists in fencing Place of birth missing (living people) Universiade bronze medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade {{Ukraine-fencing-bio-stub