Ukrainian Federation of Strength Athletes

The Ukrainian Federation of Strength Athletes (UFSA) (Ukrainian: Федерація найсильніших атлетів України і перетягування канату) is a federation of strength athletes of Ukraine and tug of war.^[1][2] It was created in 2001. It is a member of the International Federation of Strength Athletes (IFSA) which includes 54 national federations.

Ukraine at the Strongman Championships

Strongman team of Ukraine is a 4-times winner of the World Championship with title of "Most powerful nation of planet" (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007), silver medal of the World Teams Strongman Championship 2005, & bronze medal of the World Teams Strongman Championship 2008.

Staff

The head of Ukraininan Federation is Volodymyr Kiba, Merited Coach of USSR and Ukraine, Merited Worker of Physical Culture and Sports of Ukraine.

The chief-trainer of Strongman Team of Ukraine is Mykhaylo Geraskevich, Merited Coach of Ukraine.

Roster

• Vasyl Virastyuk, first captain of Ukrainian Team
• Michailo Starov
• Oleksandr Pekanov
• Kirilo Chuprinin
• Victor Yurchenko
• Volodymyr Muravliov
• Mikola Melnikov
• Michail Melnikov
• Alexey Vishnitsky
• Vitaliy Gerasimov
• Sergey Konyshok
• Kostyantin Ilyin
• Sergey Romanchuk

References

External links

• Professional League Strongmens of Ukraine (Ukrainian)