48 Notable alumni of
National University of Physical Education and Sports of Ukraine
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The National University of Physical Education and Sports of Ukraine is 1019th in the world, 354th in Europe, and 13th in Ukraine by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 48 notable alumni from the National University of Physical Education and Sports of Ukraine sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Vitali Klitschko
- Enrolled in the National University of Physical Education and Sports of Ukraine
- In 2000 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in sports science
- Occupations
- politiciankickboxer
- Biography
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Vitalii Volodymyrovych Klychko, known as Vitali Klitschko, is a Ukrainian politician and former professional boxer. He serves as mayor of Kyiv, and is also head of the Kyiv City State Administration, having held both offices since June 2014. Klitschko is a former leader of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, and is a former member of the Ukrainian Parliament. He became actively involved in Ukrainian politics in 2005 and combined this with his professional boxing career until his retirement from the sport in 2013. He holds a Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.) from Kyiv University's Physical Science Department.
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Sergei Bubka
- Occupations
- pole vaulterinternational forum participantpoliticianathletics competitor
- Biography
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Sergey Nazarovych Bubka is a Ukrainian former pole vaulter. He represented the Soviet Union until its dissolution in 1991. Bubka was twice named Athlete of the Year by Track & Field News, and in 2012 was one of 24 athletes inducted as inaugural members of the International Association of Athletics Federations Hall of Fame.
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Potap
- Occupations
- composerscreenwriterrecord producersingertelevision presenter
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Oleksiy Andriyovich Potapenko, known professionally as Potap is a Ukrainian singer, rapper, songwriter, and producer. He has been involved as a performer and/or producer of such iconic music acts as Potap I Nastya, Vremya I Steklo, MOZGI, and many more, releasing over 300 songs, the vast majority of which became international hits.
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Zhan Beleniuk
- Occupations
- athletepoliticianamateur wrestler
- Biography
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Zhan Vensanovych Beleniuk is a Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler and politician. In 2019, he became the first black member of the Ukrainian Parliament.
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Denys Berinchyk
- Occupations
- boxer
- Biography
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Denys Berinchyk is a Ukrainian professional boxer. As an amateur, he won silver medals in the light-welterweight division at the 2011 World Championships and the 2012 Summer Olympics. He made his professional bare knuckle debut on 24 July 2021, defeating former UFC Fighter Artem Lobov by TKO.
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Yuriy Sedykh
- Occupations
- hammer throwerathletics competitorphysical education teacher
- Biography
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Yuriy Georgiyevich Sedykh was a track and field athlete who represented the Soviet Union from 1976 to 1991 in the hammer throw. He was a European, World and Olympic Champion, and holds the world record with a throw of 86.74 m in 1986.
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Inessa Kravets
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Inessa Mykolajivna Kravets is a Ukrainian former triple jumper and long jumper. She was among the most prominent female triple jumpers during the period that the event was added to competition programmes at major competitions, and she was the world record holder, until the 2021 Olympics when Yulimar Rojas broke her record. Her record was one of the most durable in women's athletics.
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Volodymyr Bezsonov
- Occupations
- association football managerassociation football player
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Volodymyr Vasylyovych Bezsonov is a Ukrainian football manager and former player who played for the former Soviet Union national football team. The most recent team he was managing was FC Dnipro in the Ukrainian Premier League.
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Alexander Volkov
- Occupations
- politicianbasketball player
- Biography
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Oleksandr Anatoliyovych Volkov, commonly known as Sasha Volkov, is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player. He was born in Omsk, RSFSR, Soviet Union. At 6'10" (2.08 m) tall, he played at the power forward and center positions. He was versatile with the ball and quick on his feet, which made him a very sought after player.
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Yuri Rost
- Enrolled in the National University of Physical Education and Sports of Ukraine
- Studied in 1961
- Occupations
- writeractortelevision presenterjournalistphotographer
- Biography
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Yuri Rost is a photographer, journalist, author and traveller. Rost's photographic vision is closely related to the humanist tradition established by post-war photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Leonard Freed, and Ed van der Elsken. He was selected by Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2005) for inclusion in his last exhibition, Les choix d’Henri Cartier-Bresson (Paris, 2003) after meeting him in Paris.
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Rifat Shaykhutdinov
- Occupations
- politicianmember of the State Duma
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Rifat Gabdulkhakovich Shaykhutdinov is a Russian politician. He currently serves as a member of the State Duma and the Chairman of the State Duma's Committee on Relations with CIS States and Compatriots, and Deputy Chairman of the State Duma's Committee on Power, Transport and Telecommunications. From 1992 to 1997 he was director of the Center for Experts in the Ministry of State Property in the Northwest Region.
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Vadim Gutzeit
- Occupations
- fencerpolitician
- Biography
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Vadym Gutzeit is a Ukrainian Olympic champion sabre fencer, and former Ukraine's Youth and Sport Minister, as well as the president of the Ukrainian Fencing Federation and the President of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine.
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Boris Shakhlin
- Occupations
- professorartistic gymnast
- Biography
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Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin was a Soviet gymnast who was the 1960 Olympic all-around champion and the 1958 all-around World Champion. He won a total of 13 medals including seven gold medals at the Summer Olympics, and was the most successful athlete at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He held the record for most Olympic medals by a male athlete record until gymnast Nikolai Andrianov won his 14th and 15th medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He also won 14 medals at the World Championships.
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Yuliia Paievska
- Occupations
- designercoachparamedicathletevolunteer
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Yuliia "Taira" Paievska is a Ukrainian medic who founded the volunteer ambulance corps "Taira's Angels" during the Russo-Ukrainian War. She was captured and imprisoned by Russian soldiers on March 16, 2022 and released on June 17, 2022. She became a symbol of bravery and sacrifice according to the New York Times.
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Pavel Pinigin
- Occupations
- amateur wrestler
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Pavel Pinigin is a former Soviet wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling. He is also three times world champion in freestyle wrestling. He is married to athlete and Olympic champion Mariya Pinigina.
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Serhiy Kovalets
- Occupations
- association football managerassociation football player
- Biography
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Serhiy Ivanovych Kovalets is a Ukrainian former football midfielder and current manager of Inhulets Petrove.
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Mykhaylo Radutsky
- Occupations
- physicianpolitician
- Biography
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Mykhailo Borysovych Radutskyi in a Ukrainian entrepreneur, social activist, People's Deputy of Ukraine of the IVth convocation.
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Jüri Tamm
- Occupations
- politicianhammer thrower
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Jüri Tamm was an Estonian hammer thrower and politician. Representing the USSR, he won a bronze medal in the 1980 and 1988 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics. He set the world record for the hammer in 1980.
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Valeriy Andriytsev
- Occupations
- amateur wrestler
- Biography
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Valerii Oleksandrovych Andriitsev is a male freestyle wrestler from Ukraine. He won the silver medal in the Men's freestyle 96 kg at 2012 Summer Olympics. He won the silver in the 2012 European Wrestling Championships. At the 2014 World Wrestling Championships he took the bronze medal after winning a rematch against American Jake Varner, who beat him in the gold medal match at the 2012 Olympics. In June 2015, he earned bronze at the inaugural European Games for Ukraine in wrestling, more specifically, in the men's freestyle in the - 97 kg division.
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Oleksandr Sydorenko
- Occupations
- swimmer
- Biography
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Oleksandr Sydorenko, also known as Aleksandr Sidorenko, was an individual medley swimmer from the USSR. He won the 400 m individual medley at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
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Viktoria Mazur
- Occupations
- rhythmic gymnast
- Biography
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Viktoria Oleksiivna Mazur is a retired Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast who competed in individual and group rhythmic gymnastics.
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Yuri Titov
- Occupations
- artistic gymnast
- Biography
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Yuri Yevlampiyevich Titov is a former Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and four times world champion, who competed for the Soviet Union. He won a total of nine Olympic medals from three Olympic games (1956, 1960 and 1964).
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Vasyl Fedoryshyn
- Occupations
- amateur wrestler
- Biography
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Vasyl Petrovych Fedoryshyn is a male wrestler from Ukraine, who competes in the men's -60 kg freestyle division.
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Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi
- Occupations
- amateur wrestler
- Biography
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Oleksandr Iosypovych Khotsianivskyi is a Ukrainian freestyle wrestler, who competes in the men's super heavyweight category. He is two-time bronze European medalist and silver Universiade medalist. Khotsianivskyi represented Ukraine at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the men's 120 kg category. He lost the qualifying round match to Turkey's Taha Akgül, who was able to score three points in two straight periods, leaving Khotsianivskyi without a single point.
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Liudmyla Luzan
- Occupations
- canoeist
- Biography
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Liudmyla Volodymyrivna Luzan is a Ukrainian sprint canoeist. She is silver and bronze Olympic medalist, three-time World champion and three-time European champion.
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Elena Sedina
- Enrolled in the National University of Physical Education and Sports of Ukraine
- Studied in 1994
- Occupations
- chess player
- Biography
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Elena Sedina is a Ukrainian-Italian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She has won the Ukrainian Women's Chess Championship, the Australian Open Chess Championship, and is a Chess Olympiad and Mitropa Cup gold medalist.
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Vladimir Nikolaevich Platonov
- Occupations
- scientist
- Biography
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Vladimir Nikolaevich Platonov is a Soviet and Ukrainian scientist in the field of sports science.
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Tetiana Kocherhina
- Occupations
- handball player
- Biography
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Tetyana Ivanivna Kocherhina is a retired Ukrainian handball player. Competing for the Soviet Union she won gold medals at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics and three medals at the world championships in 1973–1978. During her career Kocherhina played 133 international matches and scored 616 goals, more than anyone in the Soviet team. She was the best scorer of the 1975 World Championships.
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Vladimir Poulnikov
- Occupations
- sport cyclist
- Biography
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Volodymyr Pulnikov is a Ukrainian former road racing cyclist.
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Lyudmila Shevtsova
- Occupations
- middle-distance runnerathletics competitor
- Biography
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Lyudmila Ivanovna Gurevitch is a retired Russian-Ukrainian athlete who competed mainly in the 800 metres. On 3 July 1960, she set a world record in this event at 2 min 4.3 seconds. She equaled this time while winning the 800 m gold at the 1960 Olympics two months later. Two Australians, Brenda Jones and Dixie Willis led the race. With 50–70 m left, Willis stepped on the curb and dropped out of competition, while Shevtsova gradually reached Jones and won in the last meters.
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Vitaliy Danilov
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Vitaliy Danilov is the former president of Ukrainian Premier League and honorary president of FC Kharkiv (2005–2010). Danilov is a former member of Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada).
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Viktor Tsybulenko
- Occupations
- javelin thrower
- Biography
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Viktor Serhiyovych Tsybulenko was a Ukrainian javelin thrower who represented the Soviet Union.
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Oksana Zubkovska
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Oksana Zubkovska is a Paralympian athlete from Ukraine competing mainly in category F12 long jump events. She won the gold medal in the women's long jump F12 event at the Summer Paralympics in 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020.
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Svyatoslav Syrota
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Svyatoslav Anatoliyovych Syrota is a Ukrainian sports functionary and former player. Master of Sports of Ukraine (1995).
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Alcides Sagarra
- Occupations
- boxing trainernational team coachboxer
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Dr. Alcides Sagarra Carón is a Cuban sport official best known for moulding the amateur boxing team into a dominant force during his reign as the coach of the Cuban National Boxing Team (1964–2001,) for which he gained an honorary soubriquet "El Maestro".
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Viktor Hryshko
- Occupations
- association football managerassociation football player
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Viktor Vasylyovych Hryshko is a Ukrainian coach and former Soviet and Ukrainian footballer.
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Grigory Gamarnik
- Occupations
- amateur wrestler
- Biography
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Grigory Aleksandrovich Gamarnik was a world champion wrestler and the first Greco-Roman wrestling world champion from Ukraine.
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Anastasiya Kozhenkova
- Occupations
- rower
- Biography
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Anastasiya Kozhenkova is a Ukrainian rower. She won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the quadruple sculls event with Kateryna Tarasenko, Nataliya Dovhodko, and Yana Dementyeva.
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Mykhaylo Ishchenko
- Occupations
- handball playerhandball coach
- Biography
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Mykhaylo Oleksiyovich Ishchenko is a retired Soviet handball goalkeeper who competed in the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics. He won a gold medal in 1976 and a silver in 1980 and placed fifth in 1972. He won another set of a gold and a silver medal at the world championships.
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Vitaly Medvedev
- Occupations
- fencer
- Biography
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Vitaly Mikhailovich Medvedev is a fencer who specializes in the épée. He was born in the Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union. His family then moved to the Lithuanian SSR, and in 1990 to Crimea, Ukrainian SSR, where he started fencing at the age of 11.He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and finished in seventh place with the Ukrainian team. In 2013, he won a silver and a bronze medal in the team épée at the world and European championships, respectively.
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Volodymyr Dyudya
- Occupations
- sport cyclist
- Biography
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Volodymyr Dyudya is a Ukrainian former professional racing cyclist, who last rode for Team Lvshan Landscape. He competes on both road and track. He was born in Bila Tserkva.
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Angelina Radivilova
- Occupations
- artistic gymnast
- Biography
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Angelina Anatoliyivna Radivilova is a Ukrainian former artistic gymnast. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics and also competed at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019.
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Nataliya Tymoshkina
- Occupations
- handball player
- Biography
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Nataliya Leonidivna Tymoshkina is a retired Ukrainian handball goalkeeper. She was part of the Soviet teams that won gold medals at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics and placed second at the 1975 and 1978 world championships. The Soviet team leaders Zinaida Turchyna and Tetyana Kocherhina credit the 1976 Olympic victory to Tymoshkina.
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Victor Turchin
- Occupations
- swimming coach
- Biography
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Victor Anatol'evich Turchin – – is a Ukrainian swimming coach, best known for training multiple world gold medalist Oleg Lisogor through the 1990s to the early 2000s in his hometown Brovary. Likewise, Victor Turchin has many different swimmers and to sum up they took part in World University Games and won 38 gold, 20 silver, 14 bronze medals.
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Maxym Pavlenko
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- futsal playerassociation football player
- Biography
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Maksym Pavlenko is a Ukrainian retired association football and futsal player who played for Interkas Kyiv, MFC Shakhtar Donetsk, Aqtobe-BTA, Time Lviv, Energy Lviv, Uragan Ivano-Frankivsk and the Ukraine national futsal team and current futsal coah.
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Roman Leybyuk
- Occupations
- cross-country skier
- Biography
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Roman Leybyuk is a Ukrainian cross-country skier who has competed since 1998. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 11th in the 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit at Salt Lake City in 2002.
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Valery Kobzarenko
- Occupations
- sport cyclist
- Biography
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Valery Kobzarenko is a Ukrainian former professional track and road bicycle racer. He turned professional in 2004 with Acqua & Sapone and retired at the end of the 2013 season.
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Anatolii Kovalevskyi
- Occupations
- cross-country skierbiathlete
- Biography
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Anatolii Kovalevskyi is a Ukrainian male visually impaired cross-country skier and biathlete. He represented Ukraine at the 2014 Winter Paralympics and competed in the men's cross-country skiing and biathlon events. Anatolii Kovalevskyi also went onto represent Ukraine at the 2018 Winter Paralympics and secured a bronze medal in the men's 7.5km visually impaired biathlon event.
