Grygorii Vasylovych Vovchynskyi ( uk, Григорій Васильович Вовчинський, born 4 July 1988) 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 ...

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and shooting sports, rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into sh ...

cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

, and

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 ...

. He is classified LW8 (single arm amputation), and compete in classification category standing.

Career

He finished the

Cherkasy National University Cherkasy National University or officially The Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University of Cherkasy is located in Cherkasy (Central Ukraine). It is one of the leading universities of Ukraine. More than 95 years old, it has more than 6,000 students ...

(2012). He competed in

biathlon The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not tim ...

and

cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The cross-country skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics were held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were held between 14 and 21 March 2010. Medal table Events The program included a total of 20 events, 10 for men and ...

in Vancouver, Canada. In cross-country skiing he won silver in the men's relay, open with Iurii Kostiuk,

Vitaliy Lukyanenko Vitaliy Volodymyrovych Lukyanenko ( uk, Віталій Володимирович Лук'яненко, born 15 May 1978) is a Ukrainian biathlete, cross-country skier, and Paralympian. He is classified B3 (under 10% functional vision), and co ...

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. He competed at the

2022 Winter Paralympics The 2022 Winter Paralympics (), commonly known as Beijing 2022 (), was an international winter multi-sport parasports event held in Beijing, China from 4 to 13 March 2022. This was the 13th Winter Paralympic Games, as administered by the Inte ...

, winning a gold medal in Men's 6 kilometres Biathlon, standing.

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* Ukrainian male cross-country skiers Ukrainian male biathletes Paralympic biathletes of Ukraine Paralympic cross-country skiers of Ukraine Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Ukraine Paralympic silver medalists for Ukraine Paralympic bronze medalists for Ukraine 1988 births Living people Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Paralympics Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Paralympics Paralympic medalists in cross-country skiing Paralympic medalists in biathlon Cross-country skiers at the 2022 Winter Paralympics Sportspeople from Cherkasy Oblast {{Ukraine-Paralympic-medalist-stub