Taras Mishchuk

Taras Mishchuk
Mishchuk at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Native name
Тарас Вікторович Міщук
Full nameTaras Viktorovych Mishchuk
Born (1995-07-22) 22 July 1995
Dubno, Ukraine
EducationLviv State University of Physical Culture
Height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
SportCanoe sprint
ClubKolos, Lviv[2]
Coached byRoman Bundz[2]
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Ukraine
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2016 Rio de JaneiroC-2 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 CopenhagenC-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place2015 MilanC-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place2022 DartmouthC-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place2023 DuisburgC-4 500 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2015 RačiceC-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2015 RačiceC-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place2014 BrandenburgC-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2017 PlovdivC-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place2018 BelgradeC-2 500 m

Taras Viktorovych Mishchuk (Ukrainian: Тарас Вікторович Міщук; born 22 July 1995) is a Ukrainian sprint canoeist. He is the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist in the C-2 1000 metres event, the 2015 World bronze medalist in C-2 500 metres, and the 2015 European champion in C-2 1000 m. Mishchuk competes together with Dmytro Ianchuk.[3][4]

Mishchuk took up canoeing aged 12 in Dubno because "there was no other sport to do there".[2]

References

  1. ↑ Taras Mishchuk Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  2. 1 2 3 Taras Mishchuk. nbcolympics.com
  3. ↑ "The Bronze of Mishchuk and Ianchuk and the licence of Altukhov". Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Results of the 2015 WC" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
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