Pavlo Serhiyovych Korostylov ( uk, Павло Сергійович Корoстильов; born 5 November 1997) is a Ukrainian

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. He is the 2016 European 10 m pistol bronze medalist.

Career

He is a two-time European junior champion (2012 and 2013) and a gold medalist in the boys' 10 m air pistol at the

2014 Youth Olympic Games The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the II Summer Youth Olympic Games , and commonly known as Nanjing 2014 ( zh, c=南京2014, p=Nánjīng Èr Líng yī sì), were the second Summer Youth Olympic Games, an international sports ...

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. Korostylov currently trains for the shooting team at Lviv Sports Club Academy, under his coaching parents Valentina and Serhiy Korostylov. Coming from a sporting pedigree, Korostylov also shares the same discipline with his older sister Yuliya Korostylova, who competed in pistol shooting for 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), ...

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. Korostylov flourished his early sporting success at the

2014 Summer Youth Olympics The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the II Summer Youth Olympic Games , and commonly known as Nanjing 2014 ( zh, c=南京2014, p=Nánjīng Èr Líng yī sì), were the second Summer Youth Olympic Games, an international sports ...

, where he fired a final junior world record at 203.4 to secure a gold medal victory in the boys' 10 m air pistol, surpassing then 14-year-old South Korean shooter Kim Cheong-yong by a solid 3.6-point lead. On his senior debut at the inaugural

2015 European Games The 2015 European Games, also known as Baku 2015 or Baku 2015 European Games ( az, Bakı 2015 Avropa Oyunları), were the inaugural edition of the European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes representing the National Olympic ...

in Baku, Azerbaijan, Korostylov finished fifth in the men's 10 m air pistol final with an astonishing score of 138.2, beating his teammate

Oleh Omelchuk Oleh Petrovych Omelchuk ( uk, Олег Петрович Омельчук; born 7 June 1983) is a Ukrainian sport shooter who competes in the men's 10 metre air pistol and the men's 50 metre pistol. He is the 2014 European 10 m pisto ...

by more than twenty-two points. With four other shooters ahead of him having already filled their Olympic quotas in the previous qualification tournaments, Korostylov was guaranteed a place on the Ukrainian squad, and competed for Ukraine at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

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, finishing in qualifying in 35th place, missing the final round.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Korostylov, Pavlo 1997 births Living people Ukrainian male sport shooters Shooters at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Sportspeople from Lviv Shooters at the 2015 European Games Olympic shooters for Ukraine Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics ISSF pistol shooters Shooters at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in shooting European Games bronze medalists for Ukraine Youth Olympic gold medalists for Ukraine Laureates of the Prize of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for special achievements of youth in the development of Ukraine 21st-century Ukrainian people Shooters at the 2023 European Games European Games gold medalists for Ukraine