Volodymyr Myslyvčuk
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| Nationality | Czech | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 April 1996 Deliatyn, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Hammer throw | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Hammer: 77.51 m (Kolín, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
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Volodymyr Myslyvčuk (Ukrainian: Володимир Мисливчук; born 25 April 1996) is a Ukrainian-Czech hammer thrower. Born in Ukraine, he gained Czech citizenship in 2024. He became Czech national champion at the 2024 Czech Athletics Championships and competed for the Czech Republic at the 2024 Olympic Games.[1]
Life
Myslyvčuk was born on 25 April 1996[2] in Deliatyn, Ukraine, he gained Czech citizenship in May 2024.[3][4] After he moved to the Czech Republic he worked as a labourer. He had a period of time without competing but was gifted a new hammer by his wife which kick-started his athletics career.[5]
Career
He won the bronze medal competing for Ukraine in the hammer throw in the U23 category at the European Throwing Cup in Las Palmas in 2017, and a year later in Leiria, Portugal, he won the silver medal in that age-group category at the event.[6]
He improved his personal best to 76.52 metres competing in April 2024 in Kolín.[7] He competed in the 2024 European Championships in Rome, Italy in the hammer throw, achieving a distance of 73.43 metres without qualifying for the final, in June 2024.[8][9] He became Czech national champion for the first time in June 2024 the Czech Athletics Championships later that month, throwing a distance of 75.84 metres in Zlín.[10] He competed in the hammer throw at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France where he threw 73.84 metres without reaching the final.[11][12]
He won the silver medal at the 2025 European Throwing Cup in Nicosia, Cyprus in March 2025, with a personal best throw of 77.98 metres.[13]
References
- ^ "Volodymyr Myslyvčuk". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Volodymyr Myslyvčuk" (in Czech). Czech Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "2. DEN ME: Staněk byl centimetry od medaile. Meindlschmid skončil sedmý". idnes.cz (in Czech). 9 June 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ Novotný, Milan (2 August 2024). "Zedník, co hází v noci kladivem. Ukrajinec v českém dresu má v Paříži jeden sen". denik.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ Bastlová, Jarmila; Rojík, Václav (30 July 2024). "Český olympionik z Ukrajiny musel ještě na osmihodinovku na stavbu. Už míří do Paříže". sport.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Myslyvchuk brings silver from Nicosia". atletika.cz. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ "Two more world records and more top performances". Atletika.cz. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ "Men Hammer Throw Results - European Athletics Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Na ME pojede 52 českých atletů, medaile budou obhajovat Vadlejch a Staněk". idnes.cz (in Czech). 30 May 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Czech Championships". World Athletics. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Men's Hammer Throw Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". World Athletics. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "Meet the 113 Czech Olympians Heading to Paris 2024". Prague Morning. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "European Throwing Cup". World Athletics. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.