Volodymyr Bystrov (Ukrainian: Володимир Бистров; born 25 April 2004 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian taekwondo practitioner. He is 2024 European Championships bronze medallist.
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| Nationality |  Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 April 2004 Kyiv, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 63 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Spartak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | V. Andriievskyi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editFirst World Championships Bystrov competed at was the 2022 tournament. In Mexican Guadalajara, he defeated Mohamed Rkiza from Equatorial Guinea and Tobias Hyttel from Denmark but lost in the round of 16 to the eventual bronze medallist Zaid Al-Halawani from Jordan.
In 2023, Bystrov competed at the 2021 Summer World University Games where he lost to Kazakh Shamsat Duisenov in the round of 16. Later he represented Ukraine at the 2023 European Games. He defeated Tobias Hyttel from Denmark but lost to Spanish Joan Jorquera in the quarterfinal.
First major international success at senior level came in May 2024 when he won bronze at the 2024 European Championships in Belgrade.[1]
References
edit- ^ "Українці здобули перші медалі на Євро з з тхеквондо (ВТФ) у Белграді" [Ukrainians clinched first medals at the European Taekwondo (WTF) Championships in Belgrade] (in Ukrainian). Ukrinform. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
External links
edit- Volodymyr Bystrov profile at World Taekwondo
- Volodymyr Bystrov ranking at World Taekwondo
- Volodymyr Bystrov at TaekwondoData.com
- Volodymyr Bystrov at the website of the Taekwondo Federation of Ukraine
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