Vitali Alyaksandravich Parakhonka ( be, Віталій Аляксандравіч Парахонька; born 18 August 1993) is a

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

ian athlete specialising in the

sprint hurdles Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today, ...

. He represented his country at the 2018 World Indoor Championships reaching the semifinals. In 2019, he won the silver medal in the team event at the

2019 European Games , translation: Time for bright victories! , nations participating = 50 , athletes participating = 4,082 , events = 200 in 15 sports , opening ceremony = 21 June , closing ceremony = 30 June , officially opened ...

held in Minsk, Belarus. His personal bests are 13.40 seconds in the

110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hur ...

(-1.0 m/s, Minsk 2018) and 7.70 seconds in the

60 metres hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds ( Susanna K ...

(Mogilyov 2018).

International competitions

References

1993 births Living people Belarusian male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in athletics European Games silver medalists for Belarus Sportspeople from Orsha Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Belarus {{Belarus-athletics-bio-stub