Vasyl Lishchynskyi

Vasyl Lischynskyi
Personal information
NationalityUkrainian
Born(1964-03-18)18 March 1964
Died29 November 2015(2015-11-29) (aged 51)
Sport
Country Ukraine
SportParalympic athletics
Disability classF11/12
EventThrowing events
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paralympic Games 2 2 1
World Championships 0 1 1
European Championships 2 0 1
Paralympic athletics
Representing Ukraine
Paralympic Games
1996 Atlanta Shot put – F11
2008 Beijing Discus throw – F11/12
1996 Atlanta Discus throw – F11
2012 London Discus throw – F11
2008 Beijing Shot put – F11/12
IPC Athletics World Championships
2002 Villeneuve d'Ascq Discus – F11
2011 Christchurch Shot put F11
2011 Christchurch Discus – F11
2013 Lyon Shot put F11
2006 Assen Discus – F11
2013 Lyon Discus F11
IPC European Championships
2012 Stadskanaal Shot put – F11
2012 Stadskanaal Discus – F11
2014 Swansea Discus – F11

Vasyl Lischynskyi (Ukrainian: Василь Вікторович Ліщинський; 18 March 1964 – 29 November 2015)[1] was a Paralympian athlete from Ukraine competing mainly in category F11/12 throwing events.[2]

Biography

Vasyl competed in four Paralympics, always competing in the shot and discus. His first games were in 1996 where he won gold in the shot and silver in the discus. 2000 and 2004 proved barren games but in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China he won a gold medal in the F11/12 discus and a bronze in the F11/12 shot put.

Notes

  1. ^ "Умер спортсмен, выигравший для Украины первое "золото" Паралимпиады". sport.segodnya.ua (in Russian).
  2. ^ "Vasyl Lishchynskyi". IPC Athletics. Retrieved 5 August 2013.


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