Dmytro Ianchuk

Dmytro Mykolayovych Ianchuk or Yanchuk (Ukrainian: Дмитро Миколайович Янчук; born 14 November 1992) is a Ukrainian sprint canoeist. He is the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist in the C-2 1000 metres event, the 2015 World bronze medalist in C-2 500 metres, and the 2015 European champion in C-2 1000 m. Ianchuk competes together with Taras Mishchuk.[3][4]

Dmytro Ianchuk
Ianchuk at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Native nameДмитро Миколайович Янчук
Full nameDmytro Mykolayevych Ianchuk
Born (1992-11-14) 14 November 1992
Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine
EducationKhmelnytskyi National University
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportCanoe sprint
ClubHirnyk Sports Club[2]
Coached byMykola Matsapura[2]
Medal record
Representing  Ukraine
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2016 Rio de JaneiroC-2 1000 m
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2015 MilanC-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place2023 DuisburgC-4 500 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2015 RačiceC-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2015 RačiceC-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place2014 BrandenburgC-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2015 RačiceC-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2017 PlovdivC-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place2018 BelgradeC-2 500 m
Universiade
Gold medal – first place2013 KazanC-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2013 KazanC-4 500 m

Ianchuk took up canoeing in 2004 following his brother. He has a degree in health studies from the Khmelnytskyi National University.[2]

At the 2016 Olympic Games, Dmytro Yanchuk, along with Taras Mishchuk, finished second in the first race, behind the Brazilian crew, and reached the final after winning the semifinals. In the final race, the Ukrainians finished third with a time of 3 minutes 45.949 seconds, again lagging behind the Brazilians and letting the German crew take first place.

At the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, he took 13th place in the canoe double with Pavlo Altukhov C-2 1000m 13th place.

References
  1. Dmytro Ianchuk Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  2. Dmytro Ianchuk. nbcolympics.com
  3. "The Bronze of Mishchuk and Ianchuk and the licence of Altukhov". Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  4. "Results of the 2015 WC" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
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