Grygorii Vovchynskyi

Grygorii Vovchynskyi

From left to right: Grygorii Vovchynskyi of the Ukraine (bronze), Kirill Mikhaylov of Russia (gold), and Nils-Erik Ulset of Norway (silver) with the medals they earned in biathlon at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Men's 3 km pursuit.
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Full name Grygorii Vasylovych Vovchynskyi
Born 4 July 1988
Bilousivka, Drabiv Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

Grygorii Vasylovych Vovchynskyi (Ukrainian: Григорій Васильович Вовчинський, born 4 July 1988)[1][2] is a Ukrainian biathlete, cross-country skier and Paralympian. He is classified LW8 (single arm amputation), and compete in classification category standing.

He competed in biathlon and cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, Canada. In cross-country skiing he won silver in the men's relay, open with Iurii Kostiuk, Vitaliy Lukyanenko and Volodymyr Ivanov, and a bronze medal in the 10 km, standing. He placed 6th in the men's 1 km sprint and 15th in the 20 km, standing. In biathlon, he took the silver medal in the 12.5 km, and the bronze medal in the men's 3 km pursuit, standing.[3]

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