Ihor Bodrov ( uk, І́гор Вале́рійович Бодро́в; born 9 July 1987) 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 ...

sprinter.

Career

Bodrov began his sport career with the 34th International Children's Games held in Plock, Poland in 2002. When he took the gold medal in the 100 m, his result was 11.61. He finished fourth in the 200 m at the 2006 World Junior Championships setting his personal best at 21.17 seconds. He also competed at the 2008 World Indoor Championships and the

2008 Olympic Games 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 Na ...

without reaching the final. At the

2009 European Athletics U23 Championships The 7th European Athletics U23 Championships were held between 16 and 19 July 2009 in the S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium in Kaunas, Lithuania. Complete results and medal winners were published. Men's results Women's results Medal ta ...

he placed third over 200 m, improving his personal record to 20.61. At the

2010 European Team Championships The second SPAR European Team Championships took place on 19 and 20 June 2010. The track and field athletics tournament run by European Athletics was the successor of the old European Cup competition which was held annually until 2008. The 2010 ...

he finished fourth at 20.77. He won a gold medal in the 4×100m relay at the

2013 Summer Universiade The 2013 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXVII Summer Universiade (russian: XXVII Летняя Универсиада), was held in the city of Kazan, Russia, the most northerly city ever to host a Summer Universiade. Over 10,400 un ...

, where he also placed fifth in the individual 100 m with a time of 10.29 seconds.Video 100m Men final 27th Summer Universiade in Kazan
YouTube.com. Retrieved on 2016-08-24.

Personal life

Bodrov is trained by his parents Valery Bodrov and

Nadya Bodrova Nadya is a feminine given name, sometimes a short form (hypocorism) of Nadezhda (given name), Nadezhda or other names. Nadya is used predominantly throughout the Mediterranean region, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Caucasus, and the Arab world. ...

, both being former international runners. Nadya competed in two Olympics, coached by her husband. Hence Bodrov literally grew up on the stadium and can not recall when he started training. He graduated in coaching from the

Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture is a Ukrainian Academy of University level in Kharkiv. History The university opened in 1930 as the National Institute of Physical Education of Ukraine in Kharkiv. Between 1930-1944 was renamed to the Nat ...

and in law from the

Sumy State University Sumy State University (SumDU) is a higher educational institution in Sumy, Ukraine. It enrolls about 12,000 students pursuing pre-undergraduate, undergraduate, specialist, and master degrees in 55 majors and 23 fields. About 1,900 foreign stude ...

.Ihor Bodrov
nbcolympics.com

Statistics

References

External links

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Profile Igor Bodrov
from www.all-athletics.com
Profile Igor Bodrov
from www.trackandfield.ru

from kharkov-la.ru {{DEFAULTSORT:Bodrov, Igor 1987 births Living people Athletes from Kharkiv Ukrainian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Ukraine Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Kharkiv State College of Physical Culture 1 alumni Sumy State University alumni