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) |