Oleksii Pashkov (born 6 January 1981) is a

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track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete who competes in disability athletics in the F36 category. Pashkov represented his country in the

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

at the

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in London, where he won the silver medal with a distance of 38.89 metres.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pashkov, Oleksii 1981 births Living people Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Ukraine Ukrainian male discus throwers Track and field athletes with disabilities Sportspeople from Zaporizhzhia Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Paralympic athletes for Ukraine