Taras Mishchuk

Taras Viktorovych Mishchuk (Ukrainian: Тарас Вікторович Міщук; born 22 July 1995) 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. Mishchuk competes together with Dmytro Ianchuk.^[3][4]

Taras Mishchuk

Mishchuk at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Native name	Тарас Вікторович Міщук
Full name	Taras Viktorovych Mishchuk
Born	(1995-07-22) 22 July 1995 (age 29) Dubno, Ukraine
Education	Lviv State University of Physical Culture
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Sport	Canoe sprint
Club	Kolos, Lviv[2]
Coached by	Roman Bundz[2]
Medal record Men's canoe sprint Representing  Ukraine Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro C-2 1000 m World Championships 2021 Copenhagen C-4 500 m 2015 Milan C-2 500 m 2022 Dartmouth C-4 500 m 2023 Duisburg C-4 500 m European Championships 2015 Račice C-2 1000 m 2015 Račice C-2 500 m 2014 Brandenburg C-4 1000 m 2017 Plovdiv C-2 500 m 2018 Belgrade C-2 500 m

Mishchuk took up canoeing aged 12 in Dubno because "there was no other sport to do there".^[2]

References

1. Taras Mishchuk Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
2. Taras Mishchuk. 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.

External links

• Taras Mishchuk at the International Canoe Federation
• Taras Mishchuk at Olympedia