Vladyslav Zahrebelnyi (born 28 November 1991) is a Ukrainian para-athlete who specializes in

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

. He represents Ukraine at elite international competitions.

Career

Zahrebelnyi represented Ukraine in the men's long jump T37 event at the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

and finished in fourth place with a personal best jump 5.95 metres. Zahrebelnyi again represented Ukraine in the men's long jump T37 event at the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym ...

and won a gold medal.

References

1991 births Living people Paralympic athletes of Ukraine Ukrainian male long jumpers Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Ukraine Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Sportspeople from Dnipro Ukrainian male sprinters {{Ukraine-Paralympic-medalist-stub