Heorhiy Ivanytskyy ( uk, Георгій Іваницький; born 6 May 1992 in

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) is a Ukrainian

archer Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...

. He is champion and bronze medalist of the 2015 European Games. He won silver medal at the 2021 European Championships in team event and multiple medals at the

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Career

Ivanytskyy started archery in 2005 and made his international debut in 2008. After several international successes in junior competitions, including two medals at the

, he became member of the senior national team. The first international success for Ivanytskyy at the senior level came in 2014 when he together with

Markiyan Ivashko Markiyan Volodymyrovych Ivashko (Ukrainian: Маркіян Володимирович Івашко; born May 18, 1979) is a Ukrainian archer. 2008 Summer Olympics At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Ivashko finished his r ...

and Olympic champion

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won the men's team competition at the 2014 World Indoor Championships in

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. Two years later, in

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, he became World Champion in individual event. At the 2018 World Indoor Championships, he was third in the men's team event (together with Oleksii Hunbin and Viktor Ruban). Ivanytskyy successfully competed at the 2015 European Games in Baku,

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. On 17 June he won a bronze medal together with

Lidiia Sichenikova Lidiia Yuriyivna Sichenikova ( uk, Лідія Юріївна Січеннікова; 3 February 1993, Chernivtsi) is a Ukrainian archer who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of ...

in the mixed team event. They finished fourth in qualification, won against Finnish double in the first round of the elimination rounds and Russian team in the quarterfinals, lost to future champions

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and

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from Italy, and finally won against Slovenian Ana Umer and Rok Bizjak in the bronze medal final. On 18 June Ivanytskyy competed together with Ivashko and Ruban in the men's team event. After finishing fourth in qualifications, they won in the elimination rounds against Slovenia, Italy and the Netherlands, thus reaching the final. In the final, the Ukrainian team won 5-4 against the Spanish trio (

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Juan Ignacio Rodríguez Juan Ignacio Rodríguez Liebana (born June 19, 1992) is a Spanish competitive archer. He won a silver medal as a member of the nation's archery squad at the 2013 Mediterranean Games and at the 2015 European Games. Since his sporting debut as a ...

, and Antonio Fernández) and became the European Games champions. Ivanytskyy continued to compete in the individual event after the team competitions finished. He finished 4th in qualification and won in the eliminations rounds against Dragan Svilanović from Serbia, Mitch Dielemans from the Netherlands,

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from Luxembourg, but he lost in the quarterfinals to twelfth-ranked

from Spain. At the 2015 World Championships in

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, Ivanytskyy reached the eliminations rounds in the individual event, but he lost in the first round (with 104 competitors) to Andrei Danila from Romania. In the men's team event, Ivanytskyy together with Ivashko and Ruban reached round of 16 where they lost to Chinese Taipei (

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, Wang Hou-chieh, and Yu Guan-lin). Ivanytskyy participated in the

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, where he reached Round of 16 in individual competition and round of 16 in men's team competition (together with Oleksii Hunbin and Mykhailo Kostash). That year he also participated in the

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where he was just 17th in individual competition, 9th in the mixed team event and 17th in the men's team event. During the 2019 Archery World Cup, Ivanytskyy together with Oleksii Hunbin and Sergii Makarevych won silver medals in team competition in

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where the 4th stage of the World Cup was held. They lost to Turkey ( Samet Ak, Ali Aydın, and Mete Gazoz). This was the only medal for Ukraine in that season. The

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, which was held in

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, brought Ivanytskyy his first European Championships medal. Together with Oleksii Hunbin and Ivan Kozhokar, he won silver medal in team competition. Ukraine lost in the final to the Netherlands' team composed of Steve Wijler,

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, and

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. In individual competition he was 33rd. At the Final Olympic Qualification Tournament, held in

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, Ivanytskyy reached quarterfinals. Since he lost to his team fellow Oleksii Hunbin in the quarterfinal, the national team management decided to pick Hunbin as Ukrainian representative at the 2020 Summer Olympics. At that tournament Ukraine men's team also ranked 4th, but it wasn't enough to qualify a team for Tokyo. After failing to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics, Ivanytskyy competed at the 2021 World Championships in Yankton,

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, where he reached round of 48 in the individual competition and round of 16 in the team competition (together with Hunbin and Kozhokar).

Personal life

He graduated from

Lviv State University of Physical Culture Lviv State University of Physical Culture ( uk, Львівський державний університет фізичної культури) is a university specializing in sports education and located in Lviv, Ukraine. History Lviv State ...

. His hobby is

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. He served in the

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during the

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.Ivanytskyy's personal photo on Instagram
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References

External links

Heorhiy Ivanytskyy's profile at the World Archery

Heorhiy Ivanytskyy in Instagram
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