Oleh Kukharyk

Oleh Kukharyk
Kukharyk at the 2023 European Games
Personal information
Full nameOleh Volodymyrovych Kukharyk
NationalityUkrainian
Born (1997-04-25) 25 April 1997 (age 27)
Komsomolsk, Ukraine
Height189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
CountryUkraine
SportSprint kayak
Medal record
Men's sprint kayak
Representing  Ukraine
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Copenhagen K-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Račice K-1 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Dartmouth K-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Duisburg K-4 500 m
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska K-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk K-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska K-4 500 m
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Belgrade K-1 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2021 Poznań K-2 500 m

Oleh Volodymyrovych Kukharyk (Ukrainian: Олег Володимирович Кухарик; born 25 April 1997) is a Ukrainian sprint canoer.

Career

He is a 2021 World champion, bronze medallists of the 2017[1] and 2022 World Championships as well as a silver medallist of the 2018 European Championships.

Major results

Olympic Games

Year K-2 500 K-4 500
2024 6 QF 4

World championships

Year K-1 500 K-1 1000 K-2 500 K-2 1000 K-4 500
2015 9 6 H —
2017 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 9
2018 5 8 SF
2019 8 3 FB
2021 5 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2022 6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2023 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2024 9 — — —

Personal life

He graduated from the V.О. Sukhomlynskyi National University of Mykolaiv.

References

  1. ^ Ukrainians won two bronze medals at the Canoe World Championships
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