Taras Mishchuk

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
Lviv, 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]

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]

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

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