Vitaliy Popovich

Vitaliy Popovich (Ukrainian: Виталий Попович; 22 October 1962 – 7 September 2000) was a Ukrainian male former racewalking athlete who competed in the 50 kilometres race walk. He competed in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the 1988 Summer Olympics, representing the Soviet Union, and in the same event at the 1996 Summer Olympics, representing Ukraine.[1] He was a three-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics, with a best of fourth at the 1991 event. He also competed at five straight editions of the IAAF World Race Walking Cup from 1989 to 1997.[2] He set a personal best of 3:43:57 hours for the distance in 1989.[3]

Vitaliy Popovich

At national level, he won one Soviet title in 1991 and, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, took four 50 km walk titles at the Ukrainian Athletics Championships.[4][5] On the professional circuit, he was the 1996 winner at the Dudinská Päťdesiatka.[6]

Popovich committed suicide on 7 September 2000.

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
1986 Goodwill Games Moscow, Soviet Union — 20 km walk DNF
1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 26th 50 km walk 3:59:23
1989 World Race Walking Cup Barcelona, Spain 6th 50 km walk 3:49:48
1st Team 585 pts
1991 World Race Walking Cup San Jose, United States — 50 km walk DQ
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 4th 50 km walk 4:00:10
1993 World Race Walking Cup Monterrey, Mexico — 50 km walk DNF
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany — 50 km walk DQ
1995 World Race Walking Cup Beijing, China 14th 50 km walk 3:51:53
13th Team 333 pts
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden — 50 km walk DQ
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States — 50 km walk DNF
1997 World Race Walking Cup Poděbrady, Czech Republic — 50 km walk DNF
1998 European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia — 50 km walk DQ
2000 European Race Walking Cup Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 32nd 50 km walk 4:10:40

National titles

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vitaliy Popovych Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  2. IAAF World Race Walking Cup 1961-2006 Facts & Figures. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  3. Vitality Popovich. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  4. Soviet Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  5. Ukrainian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  6. WINNERS OF THE DUDINSKA 50 IN WALKING. Dudince Walking. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
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