Ihor Kizyma

Ihor Kizyma (Ukrainian: Ігор Кізима; born 31 March 1997 in Lviv, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian sport shooter. He is the 2022 World Champion and 2019 European silver and bronze medallist.

Ihor Kizyma
Personal information
Full nameIhor Kizyma
NationalityUkrainian
Born (1997-03-31) 31 March 1997
Lviv, Ukraine
Sport
CountryUkraine
SportShooting
Event(s)running target
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Ukraine
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 7 3 1
European Championships 0 1 1
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Châteauroux50 m running target
Gold medal – first place2022 Châteauroux10 m running target mixed
Gold medal – first place2023 Baku10 m running target
Gold medal – first place2023 Baku10 m running target team
Gold medal – first place2023 Baku10 m running target mixed team
Gold medal – first place2023 Baku50 m running target open team
Gold medal – first place2023 Baku50 m running target mixed open team
Silver medal – second place2022 Châteauroux10 m running target
Silver medal – second place2023 Baku10 m running target mixed
Silver medal – second place2023 Baku50 m running target open
Bronze medal – third place2022 Châteauroux50 m running target mixed
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2019 OsijekMixed team
Bronze medal – third place2019 Osijek10 m running target
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 Suhl50 m running target
Gold medal – first place2016 Suhl50 m running target mixed
Bronze medal – third place2016 Suhl10 m running target
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 Suhl50 m running target
Gold medal – first place2013 Suhl50 m running target mixed
Gold medal – first place2016 Győr10 m running target
Gold medal – first place2017 Maribor1 0m running target
Gold medal – first place2017 Maribor10 m running target mixed
Gold medal – first place2017 Baku50 m running target
Gold medal – first place2017 Baku50m running target mixed
Silver medal – second place2015 Maribor50 m running target
Silver medal – second place2015 Maribor50 m running target mixed
Silver medal – second place2015 Arnhem10 m running target mixed
Silver medal – second place2016 Győr10 m running target mixed
Bronze medal – third place2015 Arnhem10 m running target

Career

Kizyma came into the sport at the age of 9. His first coach was Volodymyr Yurchenko. He became a two-time World junior champion in 2016 in Suhl, Germany.[1][2] He is also multiple World and European junior champion and medallist.

At the 2019 European championships in Osijek, Croatia, he won a silver and a bronze medal for the first time in his career at the senior level.

Kizyma won his first World title at the 2022 World Championships in French Châteauroux where he won the 50 metre running target competition.[3]

Personal life

Kizyma studied at the Lviv Sports Professional College.[4] He serves in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and is junior sergeant.

References
  1. "Ihor Kizyma became World shooting champion". Zaxid.Net. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  2. "Ihor Kizyma became World running target shooting champion". tvoemisto.tv. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  3. "AFU's junior sergeant won the Shooting World Championships". shotam.info. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  4. Shooting: Ihor Kizyma received the regional Viacheslav Chornovol reward, Lviv State University of Physical Culture.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.