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YAGODKA Andriy
NOC Ukraine   
GenderMen
Born 06 Jul 1988 in Odessa, URS
Height1.95 m
Human Interest
Sport Specific Information
Club / Team Armed Forces: Ukraine
Handedness Right
General Interest
Sporting philosophy / motto "You go onto the piste not for revenge, but simply with the goal of beating your opponent." (sport-express.ua, 27 Jun 2012)
Hobbies Basketball. (Athlete, 11 Jun 2019)
Sport Specific Information
Name of coach Oleksandr Vasyutin, UKR; Oleksandr Krasovsky, UKR
Further Personal Information
Higher education Management - Odessa Polytechnic National University: Ukraine
General Interest
Awards and honours He was named among the Best Athletes of the Odessa region of Ukraine in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. (porto-fr.odessa.ua, 23 Jan 2015, 29 Dec 2011; vo.od.ua, 28 Dec 2013, 25 Dec 2012)

He has received the title of Honoured Master of Sport in Ukraine. (mms.gov.ua, 01 Jun 2023)
Further Personal Information
Languages English, Russian, Ukrainian
Sport Specific Information
Why this sport? He was introduced to the sport by his father, who was a sabre fencer.
When and where did you begin this sport? He began fencing in 1997 in Odessa, Ukraine.
Further Personal Information
Occupation Athlete
General Interest
Memorable sporting achievement Winning gold in individual sabre at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. (Athlete, 11 Jun 2019)
Most influential person in career Coach Sergey Boryachynsky. (Athlete, 22 Mar 2016)
Hero / Idol Ukrainian sabre fencer Volodymyr Lukashenko, Romanian sabre fencer Mihai Covaliu, US basketball player Michael Jordan. (Athlete, 22 Mar 2016)
Other information COMPETITION OVER COACHING
In 2021 he was offered a coaching role in the Ukrainian national team but decided to continue his competitive career instead. "Many people said that it's time for me to become the coach of the Ukrainian national team, especially since the position of senior coach became vacant. So I thought hard, pondered for a long time, weighed the pros and cons. And I came to the conclusion that I still want to be an athlete more than a coach. Because I have unfulfilled ambitions. An Olympic medal was and remains the goal of my career." (noc-odessa.org.ua, 14 Jul 2022)

FURTHER EDUCATION
He has completed a degree in physical education at the South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University in Odessa, Ukraine. (Athlete, 11 Jun 2019)
Ambitions To win a medal at the Olympic Games. (noc-odessa.org.ua, 14 Jul 2022; Athlete, 11 Jun 2019)

Major Results
Year Rank Event Venue
World Championships
2011 7 Team Sabre Catania, Italy
2010 7 Team Sabre Paris, France
European Championships
2023 (Team) Final 5-6 Team Sabre Kraków, Poland
2022 2 Team Sabre Antalya, Turkey
2018 Final 7-8 Team Sabre Novi Sad, Serbia
2017 Final 5-6 Team Sabre Tbilisi, Georgia
2017 Quarterfinal Individual Sabre Tbilisi, Georgia
2013 3 Team Sabre Zagreb, Croatia
2012 3 Individual Sabre Legnano, Italy
2010 2 Team Sabre Leipzig, Germany