Volodymyr Bystrov

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Volodymyr Bystrov
Personal information
Nationality Ukraine
Born (2004-04-25) 25 April 2004 (age 20)
Kyiv, Ukraine
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Event63 kg
ClubSpartak
Coached byV. Andriievskyi
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing  Ukraine
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Belgrade 63 kg
European U21 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Bucharest 63 kg
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Sarajevo 63 kg

Volodymyr Bystrov (Ukrainian: Володимир Бистров; born 25 April 2004 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian taekwondo practitioner. He is 2024 European Championships bronze medallist.

Career

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First World Championships Bystrov competed at was the 2022 tournament. In Mexican Guadalajara, he defeated Mohamed Rkiza from Equatorial Guinea and Tobias Hyttel from Denmark but lost in the round of 16 to the eventual bronze medallist Zaid Al-Halawani from Jordan.

In 2023, Bystrov competed at the 2021 Summer World University Games where he lost to Kazakh Shamsat Duisenov in the round of 16. Later he represented Ukraine at the 2023 European Games. He defeated Tobias Hyttel from Denmark but lost to Spanish Joan Jorquera in the quarterfinal.

First major international success at senior level came in May 2024 when he won bronze at the 2024 European Championships in Belgrade.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Українці здобули перші медалі на Євро з з тхеквондо (ВТФ) у Белграді" [Ukrainians clinched first medals at the European Taekwondo (WTF) Championships in Belgrade] (in Ukrainian). Ukrinform. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
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