Impairment Information |
Type of Impairment |
Limb deficiency |
Origin of Impairment |
Accident |
Classification |
SH2 |
Further Personal Information |
Marital status |
Married |
Family |
Wife Natalia, one son, one daughter |
Residence |
Cherkasy, UKR |
Occupation |
Athlete, Factory Worker |
Languages |
English, Russian, Ukrainian |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
He began the sport in Cherkasy, Ukraine in 2008. |
Why this sport? |
He tried para-athletics, table tennis, swimming and football before trying shooting at a range near his home. He liked it and decided to focus solely on it from then on. |
Club / Team |
Invasport: Cherkasy, UKR |
Name of coach |
Iryna Vinogradova, UKR, from 2008; Anatoliy Kolyadenko, UKR, from 1993 |
Senior International Debut |
Year |
2008 |
Competing for |
Ukraine |
Tournament |
World Cup |
Location |
France |
General Interest |
Nicknames |
Vasya (ukrinform.ua, 05 Sep 2012) |
Hobbies |
Fishing, cooking. (fakty.ua, 09 Sep 2012) |
Memorable sporting achievement |
Competing in the final at 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (Athlete, 26 Jun 2014) |
Most influential person in career |
His coaches and Valery Sushkevich, president of the National Paralympic Committee of Ukraine. (Athlete, 26 Jun 2014) |
Awards and honours |
He holds the title of Master of Sport of International Class in Ukraine. (Athlete, 26 Jun 2014) |
Other sports |
He has played for the Ukrainian national para-football team. (ukrinform.ua, 05 Sep 2012) |
Ambitions |
To win gold at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (invasport.org.ua, 23 Mar 2013) |
Impairment |
At age 11 he lost his right arm after a bear attack at a local zoo. (ukrinform.ua, 05 Sep 2012) |
Other information |
IMPAIRMENT
In 1984, four days before his 11th birthday, he went to the zoo with some of his school mates. They approached the enclosure of an Asian black bear and put their hands on the bars of the enclosure. Before they had time to react, the bear grabbed his right arm in its mouth and began pulling. As his friends tried to pull him to safety his arm was torn off by the bear. Despite losing a large amount of blood, an ambulance arrived fast enough to save him and he underwent extensive surgery. After recovering, he returned to school and learned to write and draw with his left hand. (ukrinform.ua, 05 Sep 2012) |
