Oleksandr Eduardovych Shaposhnyk ( uk, Олександр Едуардович Шапошник; born 18 June 1983, in Kharkiv) is a Ukrainian taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the men's flyweight category. He claimed a silver medal in the 58-kg division at the 2002 European Taekwondo Championships in

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, and later represented his nation Ukraine at the

2004 Summer Olympics 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), ...

. Shaposhnyk qualified as a lone taekwondo jin for the Ukrainian squad in the men's flyweight class (58 kg) at the

in Athens, by granting a berth and placing third from the European Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan. Shaposhnyk got off to a flying start with an impressive 7–5 victory over Yemen's

Akram Abdullah Akram Ahmed Abdullah Al-Noor ( ar, أكرم أحمد عبدالله النور; born 3 December 1987) is a retired Yemeni taekwondo practitioner. Al-Noor qualified for the Yemeni squad, as a 16-year-old teen, in the men's flyweight category (58 ...

, but he was cautiously thrashed by his Mexican opponent Óscar Salazar in the quarterfinal match at 2–6. In the repechage, Shaposhnyk was scheduled to fight against Dominican Republic's

Gabriel Mercedes Yulis Gabriel Mercedes Reyes (born November 12, 1979 in Monte Plata, Monte Plata Province) is a Dominican taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medalist. He won a silver medal in the – 58 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijin ...

on his first attempt, but pulled himself out of the tournament due to his knee injury sustained from the previous match.

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* 1983 births Living people Ukrainian male taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Ukraine Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Kharkiv European Taekwondo Championships medalists 21st-century Ukrainian sportspeople {{Ukraine-taekwondo-bio-stub