Rodion Zhyhalin

Rodion Zhyhalin
Personal information
NationalityUkrainian
Born (1985-05-21) 21 May 1985
Sport
SportGoalball
Medal record
Representing  Ukraine
Summer Paralympics
Silver medal – second place2024 ParisMen's
World Championshipss
Bronze medal – third place2022 MatosinhosTeam
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 PodgoricaMen's
Silver medal – second place2021 SamsunMen's
Silver medal – second place2019 RostockMen's

Rodion Volodymyrovych Zhyhalin (Ukrainian: Родіон Володимирович Жигалін; born 21 May 1985)[1] is a Ukrainian goalball player and a member of the Ukrainian men's national team.

With the Ukrainian team, Zhyhalin won the European Championship Group B in 2016, 2018 and won a silver in 2019 European Championship.[2] He was also a part of the Ukraine roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[3] He took part in the 2022 Goalball World Championships, where his team won the bronze medal.[4] He then competed in the 2023 European Championships, where his team won the men's tournament.[5] Zhyhalin was on the team that won silver in the men's tournament, at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Rodion Zhyhalin". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "Голболісти України- перші на міжнародному турнірі!". paralympic.org.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Goalball – Team Ukraine". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Paris Organising Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  4. ↑ "Goalball: Brazil and Turkiye are the new World Champions". International Blind Sports Federation. 16 December 2022. Archived from the original on 16 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  5. ↑ "Goalball: Ukraine is the new European champion and gets the slot to Paris 2024". International Blind Sports Federation. 16 December 2023. Archived from the original on 15 January 2025. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  6. ↑ "Men's Medallists" (PDF). Paris 2024 Paralympics. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  7. ↑ "Japan takes Paralympic gold in men's goalball for the first time". The Japan Times. 6 September 2024.
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