Oleksandr Kazik (born 22 October 1996) is a Ukrainian male visually impaired

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 biathlete.

Career

He made his Paralympic debut during the

2018 Winter Paralympics ) , nations = 49 , athletes = 569 , events = 80 in 6 sports , opening = 9 March , closing = 18 March , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Eun-jung Seo Soon-seok , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic ...

representing

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. Oleksandr Kazik claimed his first Paralympic medal after clinching a silver medal in the men's 12.5km visually impaired biathlon event. He won the bronze medal in the men's 6km visually impaired biathlon event at the

2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships The 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships was an international disability sport competition held in Lillehammer, Norway from 8 to 23 January 2022. It was the inaugural edition of the World Para Snow Sports Championships with para-alpine skiin ...

held in Lillehammer, Norway. He also won the bronze medal in the men's 12.5km visually impaired biathlon event. 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 the men's 12.5 kilometres and a silver medal in the men's 6 kilometres visually impaired biathlon events.

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* 1996 births Living people Ukrainian male cross-country skiers Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Paralympic biathletes for Ukraine Paralympic cross-country skiers for Ukraine Paralympic gold medalists for Ukraine Paralympic silver medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Paralympics Ukrainian blind people Visually impaired category Paralympic competitors Paralympic medalists in biathlon {{Ukraine-wintersport-bio-stub