Vasyl Matviychuk

Vasyl Matviychuk or Vasyl Oleksandrovych Matviichuk (Ukrainian: Василь Олександрович Матвійчук; born 13 January 1982) is a Ukrainian long-distance runner.[1]

Vasyl Matviychuk
Vasyl Matviichuk
Matviychuk at the 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Full nameVasyl Oleksandrovych Matviychuk
Nationality Ukraine
Born (1982-01-13) 13 January 1982
Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union[1]
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)5000 m, 10,000 m
half marathon, marathon
ClubDynamo Kolos-Khmelnytskyi
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)5000 m – 13:38.00 (2005)
10,000 m – 28:18.18 (2004)
HM – 1:02:13 (2012)
Mar – 2:10:36 (2008)[2]

Career

Matviychuk is a three-time national champion for the 5000 and 10,000 metres. In 2001, he won the gold medal in the junior division at the European Cross Country Championships in Thun, Switzerland, with a time of 19 minutes and 29 seconds.[3] He also set a personal best time of 2:10:36, by finishing fifth at the 2008 Turin Marathon.[4]

Matviychuk represented Ukraine at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's marathon, along with his compatriots Oleksandr Kuzin and Oleksandr Sitkovskyy. He successfully finished the race in twenty-seventh place by eight seconds behind Morocco's Abderrahime Bouramdane, with a time of 2:17:50.[5]

He was one of the subjects of the American documentary film, Spirit of the Marathon II, featuring his unsuccessful attempt to earn a spot in the Ukrainian Olympic team for the 2012 Summer Olympics at the 2012 Rome Marathon.

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vasyl Matviychuk". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  2. Vasyl Matviychuk. iaaf.org
  3. Russi, Nicolas. "8th SPAR European Cross Country Championships 2001". European Athletics. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  4. Sampaolo, Diego (13 April 2008). "Kibiwott takes his second career win in Turin". IAAF. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  5. "Men's Marathon". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 4 July 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.


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