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Taras Mishchuk
Mishchuk at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Native nameТарас Вікторович Міщук
Full nameTaras Viktorovych Mishchuk
Born (1995-07-22) 22 July 1995 (age 29)
Dubno, Ukraine
EducationLviv State University of Physical Culture
Height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
SportCanoe sprint
ClubKolos, Lviv[2]
Coached byRoman Bundz[2]
Medal record
Representing  Ukraine
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro C-2 1000 m
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Milan C-2 500 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Račice C-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2015 Račice C-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Brandenburg C-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Plovdiv C-2 500 m

Taras Viktorovych Mishchuk (Template:Lang-uk; born 22 July 1995) is a Ukrainian sprint canoeist. He is the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist in the C-2 1000 metres event, the 2015 World bronze medalist in C-2 500 metres, and the 2015 European champion in C-2 1000 m. Mishchuk competes together with Dmytro Ianchuk.[3][4]

Mishchuk took up canoeing aged 12 in Dubno because "there was no other sport to do there".[2]

References

  1. ^ Taras Mishchuk. rio2016.com
  2. ^ a b c Taras Mishchuk. nbcolympics.com
  3. ^ "The Bronze of Mishchuk and Ianchuk and the licence of Altukhov". Retrieved 2015-08-23.
  4. ^ "Results of the 2015 WC" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2015-08-23.