Ivan Heshko ( uk, Іван Гешко) (born August 19, 1979) is a

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middle-distance track

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who specialized in the

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. He represented

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at the

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and holds multiple Ukrainian records in athletics.

Running career

Heshko started to train at the age of 14. From an early age he had played football and handball, but eventually focused solely on athletics. He achieved his studies at the Teacher's Training College: Kamenets-Podolskiy. A member of an Italian athletic club, he has been trained by Georgiy Mironiouk since 1992, and has five times been the champion of his country, including a bronze medal in 2003 at the

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(Paris/Saint-Denis) and silver in the 1500 m at the

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. At

Athens 2004 The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

, Heshko finished fifth in

1500 m The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

. He also competed in 800 meters, but failed to advance in the semi finals. His personal best time of 3:30.33 (1500 m), accomplished during the 2004 meeting of Brussel, is also a Ukrainian national record. In 2005 Heshko won the European Indoor Championships, the

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and the

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and finished fourth at the

. He started the next year by winning the World Indoor Championships in Moscow, comfortably ahead of two Kenyan runners, completing 1500 m in 3:42.08. In August 2006, Heshko won the silver medal at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heshko, Ivan 1979 births Living people Ukrainian male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Ukraine World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics alumni Universiade gold medalists for Ukraine World Athletics Indoor Championships winners Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Chernivtsi Oblast

Running career

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