Roman Pavlyk ( uk, Роман Павлик; born 1 December 1983) is a

Paralympic athlete The Paralympic sports comprise all the sports contested in the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games. As of 2020, the Summer Paralympics included 22 sports and 539 medal events, and the Winter Paralympics include 5 sports and disciplines and about ...

from

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 ...

. He has

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and competes in T36 sprint and F36 long jump events. He competed in the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

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, China. There he won a gold medal in the men's – T36 event, a gold medal in the men's – T36 event and a silver medal in the men's – T36 event. At the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

he won gold medals in long jump and 200 metres events, and bronze in 100 m and 400 m races. He holds the long jump world record for F36 classified athletes.

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* 1983 births Living people Paralympic athletes for Ukraine Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Ukraine Paralympic silver medalists for Ukraine Paralympic bronze medalists for Ukraine World record holders in para-athletics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Ukrainian male sprinters Ukrainian male long jumpers Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics {{Ukraine-Paralympic-medalist-stub