Taras Viktorovych Mishchuk ( uk, Тарас Вікторович Міщук; born 22 July 1995) is a Ukrainian
sprint canoeist. He is the
2016 Olympic bronze medalist in the
C-2 1000 metres event, the
2015 World bronze medalist in C-2 500 metres, and the
2015 European champion in C-2 1000 m. Mishchuk competes together with
Dmytro Ianchuk
Dmytro Mykolayovych Ianchuk or Yanchuk ( uk, Дмитро Миколайович Янчук; born 14 November 1992) is a Ukrainian sprint canoeist. He is the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist in the C-2 1000 metres event, the 2015 World bronze med ...
.
Mishchuk took up canoeing aged 12 in
Dubno
Dubno ( uk, Ду́бно) is a city and municipality located on the Ikva River in Rivne Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Dubno Raion (district). The city is located on intersection of two major Eu ...
because "there was no other sport to do there".
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Ukrainian male canoeists
Living people
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian
1995 births
Sportspeople from Lviv
Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic canoeists for Ukraine
Olympic bronze medalists for Ukraine
Olympic medalists in canoeing
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2015 European Games
Canoeists at the 2023 European Games
European Games competitors for Ukraine
21st-century Ukrainian people
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