Vitalii Dudchyk (born 11 March 1984 in

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) is a former male Ukrainian judoka. He is a bronze medalist of the

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in the team event and a bronze medalist of the 2013 European Championships in the team event as well. In the individual competition at the 2015 European Games, Dudchyk defeated Szabolcs Krizsán from Hungary, Adrián Nacimiento from Spain, but lost to the eventual silver medallist

Ivan Nifontov Ivan Vitaliyevich Nifontov (russian: Иван Витальевич Нифонтов; born 5 June 1987, in Pavlodar Pavlodar ( ; ) is a city in northeastern Kazakhstan and the capital of Pavlodar Region. It is located 450 km northeast ...

from Russia. Dudchyk lost in the first repechage round to the eventual bronze medallist Loïc Pietri from France, thus placing 7th at the Games. Dudchyk competed at three World Championships. In

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, he defeated Srđan Mrvaljević from Montenegro and Robert Krawczyk from Poland, but lost to

from Russia in the round of 32. In

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, he defeated Abderahmane Benamadi from Algeria, but lost to

Flávio Canto Flávio Vianna de Ulhôa Canto (born April 16, 1975 in Oxford, England) is a Brazilian judoka who competed in Men's 81 kg Judo. He won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He is founder and president of the Instituto Reação, and ...

from Brazil in the round of 32. In

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, he lost to

Robin Pacek Robin Pacek (born 17 March 1991) is a Swedish judoka. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 81 kg event, in which he was eliminated in the second round by Travis Stevens. He also competed in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Personal ...

from Sweden in the round of 128. Dudchyk had several successes in some internation competitions. He was second at the

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, second at the

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and third at the

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Personal life

Dudchyk graduated from the National Academy for Public Administration. Dudchyk's wife is Ukraine judoka Nataliya Malikova who is a bronze medallist of both the 2003 European Cadet Championships and 2005 European Junior Championships. They have a daughter.Dudchyk became father!
Judo Federation of Ukraine (in Russian).

References

External links

* 1984 births Living people Ukrainian male judoka Sportspeople from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Judoka at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in judo European Games bronze medalists for Ukraine {{Ukraine-judo-bio-stub