Viktor Bankin ( uk, Віктор Вікторович Банькін; born 24 August 1990 in
Kyiv
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,
Ukraine
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) is a Ukrainian
sport shooter, Master of Sports of Ukraine, World Class.
Career
He started shooting at the age of 10, and from the age of 12 he began to participate in competitions. Studied at the Kyiv City School of Higher Sports Mastery.
Since 2009, he has been serving in the
Armed Forces of Ukraine
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, an athlete-instructor of the Central Sports Club of the AFU, a member of the Ukrainian army shooting team.
In
2010
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, as part of the team, he set a Ukrainian record among juniors in the
10 meter air pistol
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(1735 points).
Bankin is a three-time champion of the
European Championship (
2014
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,
2018
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and
2019
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).
In
2022
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, Viktor Bankin became
World Championships bronze medalist in the 50 meters pistol event.
Member of the
Ukrainian Shooting Federation and the National Shot Shooting Team of Ukraine.
Awards
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Prize of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for Special Achievements of Youth in the Development of Ukraine (2015).
Розпорядження Кабінету Міністрів України №737-р від 17 липня 2015 р. «Про присудження Премії Кабінету Міністрів України за особливі досягнення молоді у розбудові України»
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References
External links
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Official Facebook page
Ukrainian male sport shooters
1990 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Kyiv
ISSF pistol shooters
21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen
European Games competitors for Ukraine
Shooters at the 2023 European Games
Laureates of the Prize of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for special achievements of youth in the development of Ukraine
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