Oleksiy Shelest
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Full name | Oleksiy Petrovych Shelest |
Nationality | Ukraine |
Born | Sumy, Ukrainian SSR | 27 March 1973
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Race walking |
Club | Kolos Sumska Oblast |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 10 km walk: 39:50 (2003) 20 km walk: 1:22:40 (2009) 50 km walk: 3:53:46 (2012) |
Oleksiy Petrovych Shelest (Template:Lang-uk; born March 27, 1973 in Sumy) is a Ukrainian race walker.[1] He is a two-time Olympian and a five-time national champion for the 50 km race walk.
Shelest first competed for the men's 50 km race walk at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he finished the race in thirty-second place, with a time of 4:07:39. He made a comeback from his eight-year absence at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing to race for the second time in 50 km walk, along with his compatriots Serhiy Budza and Oleksiy Kazanin. Shelest improved his performance by finishing twenty-ninth in the event under four minutes, at 3:59:46.[2]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Oleksiy Shelest". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ^ "Men's 50km Walk". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 15 December 2012.