Volodymyr Ivanov is a

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and shooting sports, rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into sh ...

, cross-country skier,

sighted guide A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment. Sports Paralympic Games At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment. Rules are according to the International ...

, and

Paralympian The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

. He has competed at three

Paralympic Games The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

as the sighted guide for

Vitaliy Lukyanenko Vitaliy Volodymyrovych Lukyanenko ( uk, Віталій Володимирович Лук'яненко, born 15 May 1978) is a Ukrainian biathlete, cross-country skier, and Paralympian. He is classified B3 (under 10% functional vision), and com ...

Career

At the

2002 Winter Paralympics The 2002 Winter Paralympics, the eighth Paralympic Winter Games, were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, from March 7 to 16, 2002. A total of 416 athletes from 36 nations participated. They were the first Winter Paralympics in the Ameri ...

he competed in

cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

and

biathlon The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not tim ...

as the sighted guide for

. In cross-country skiing, they took the bronze medal in the 5 km classical technique, B3. They placed 16th in the 20 km free technique, 4th in the 10 km free technique, B3, and 5th in the men's relay. In biathlon, they placed 11th in the 7.5 km free technique, blind. He competed as the sighted guide for Lukyanenko in

and

cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics At the 2006 Winter Paralympics, 20 cross-country skiing events were contested at Pragelato. Medal table men's relay with Lukyanenko, Vladyslav Morozov, and

Oleh Munts Oleh may refer to: * Oleh, Delta * Common Ukrainian male name, see also Oleg * A Jew immigrating to Israel (plural of oleh is olim Aliyah (, ; he, עֲלִיָּה ''ʿălīyyā'', ) is the immigration of Jews from the diaspora to, histor ...

.Torino 2006
, paraphoto.org, March 17, 2006 He placed 7th in the men's 5 km, visually impaired. In biathlon, he took the gold medal in 12.5 km, and silver in 7.5 km, blind. He competed in

and

cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The cross-country skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics were held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were held between 14 and 21 March 2010. Medal table Events The program included a total of 20 events, 10 for men and ...

in Vancouver, Canada as the sighted guide for Lukyanenko. In cross-country skiing he won silver in the men's relay, open with Lukyanenko,

Grygorii Vovchynskyi Grygorii Vasylovych Vovchynskyi ( uk, Григорій Васильович Вовчинський, born 4 July 1988) is a Ukrainian biathlete, cross-country skier, and Paralympian. He is classified LW8 (single arm amputation), and compete in c ...

, and Iurii Kostiuk. He placed 5th in the men's 1 km sprint, visually impaired. In biathlon, he took the bronze medal in the 12.5 km, and the gold medal in the men's 3 km pursuit, visually impaired.

References

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