Vitaliy Popovich

Vitaliy Popovich (Ukrainian: Виталий Попович; born 22 October 1962) is a Ukrainian male former racewalking athlete who competed in the 50 kilometres race walk. He was a three-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics, with a best of fourth at the 1991 event. He also competed at five straight editions of the IAAF World Race Walking Cup from 1989 to 1997.^[1] He set a personal best of 3:43:57 hours for the distance in 1989.^[2]

At national level, he won one Soviet title in 1991 and, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, took four 50 km walk titles at the Ukrainian Athletics Championships.^[3]^[4] On the professional circuit, he was the 1996 winner at the Dudinská Päťdesiatka.^[5]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
1986	Goodwill Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	—	20 km walk	DNF
1989	World Race Walking Cup	Barcelona, Spain	6th	50 km walk	3:49:48
1989	World Race Walking Cup	Barcelona, Spain	1st	Team	585 pts
1991	World Race Walking Cup	San Jose, United States	—	50 km walk	DQ
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	4th	50 km walk	4:00:10
1993	World Race Walking Cup	Monterrey, Mexico	—	50 km walk	DNF
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	—	50 km walk	DQ
1995	World Race Walking Cup	Beijing, China	14th	50 km walk	3:51:53
	World Race Walking Cup	Beijing, China	13th	Team	333 pts
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	—	50 km walk	DQ
1997	World Race Walking Cup	Poděbrady, Czech Republic	—	50 km walk	DNF
1998	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	—	50 km walk	DQ
2000	European Race Walking Cup	Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany	32nd	50 km walk	4:10:40

^ IAAF World Race Walking Cup 1961-2006 Facts & Figures. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
^ Vitality Popovich. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
^ Soviet Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
^ Ukrainian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
^ WINNERS OF THE DUDINSKA 50 IN WALKING. Dudince Walking. Retrieved 23 March 2014.