Maryan Ihorovych Zakalnytskyy ( uk, Мар'ян Ігорович Закальницький; born 19 August 1994 in
Verkhnia,
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вська о́бласть, translit=Ivano-Frankivska oblast), also referred to as Ivano-Frankivshchyna ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вщина), is an administrative divisions of Ukrain ...
,
Ukraine) is a Ukrainian
race walker
Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Referee, Race judges careful ...
. He is the current European champion in the
50 km walk
The 50 kilometre race walk was an Olympic athletics event that first appeared in 1932 and made its final Olympic appearance in 2021. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the ...
.
Career
He started his sporting career in
Kalush. In 2013 he moved to
Kyiv.
In 2018, he won gold medal in the
men's 50 kilometres walk at the
2018 European Athletics Championships
The 2018 European Athletics Championships were held in Berlin, Germany, from 6 to 12 August 2018. The championships were part of the first European Championships with other events happening in the United Kingdom.
For the second Championships in a ...
held in Berlin, Germany.
Легка атлетика: Мар’ян Закальницький – чемпіон Європи зі спортивної ходьби
ukrinform.ua, August 7, 2018, in Ukrainian
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Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi
Pereiaslav ( uk, Перея́слав, translit=Pereiaslav, yi, פּרעיאַסלעוו, Periyoslov) is a historical city in the Boryspil Raion, Kyiv Oblast (province) of central Ukraine, located near the confluence of Alta and Trubizh river ...
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Achievements
References
External links
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1994 births
Living people
Ukrainian male racewalkers
European Athletics Championships medalists
European Athletics Championships winners
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Ukraine
Sportspeople from Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
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