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Matyushenko
Matyushenko, also transliterated Matiushenko or Matjušenko (; , Matsiushenka/Maciušenka) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Mykhailo Matiushenko (1961–2022), Ukrainian Air Force colonel * Vladimir Matyushenko Vladimir Vladimirovich Matyushenko (born 4 January 1971) is a Belarusian retired mixed martial artist. A professional from 1997 until 2014, he competed for Bellator MMA, the UFC, Affliction, Jungle Fight, and is the former IFL light heavyw ... (born 1971), Belarusian mixed martial artist * Yelena Matyushenko (born 1961), Soviet diver See also * {{surname Ukrainian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Matyushenko
Vladimir Vladimirovich Matyushenko (born 4 January 1971) is a Belarusian retired mixed martial artist. A professional from 1997 until 2014, he competed for Bellator MMA, the UFC, Affliction, Jungle Fight, and is the former IFL light heavyweight champion, where he was a member of Ken Yasuda's Tokyo Sabres. Wrestling career Matyushenko is an accomplished freestyle wrestler athlete who competed for both the Soviet Union and Belarus. At the age of 15, he was training alongside the Soviet Olympic wrestling team. At 90 kg, he won a silver medal in the 1994 European championships, and placed 11th in the 1994 World Championships. He utilized his wrestling background extensively in his fights. His nickname of "The Janitor" was coined by Dave Schultz as a joke to the U.S. wrestling team after Matyushenko beat members of their formidable squad (including Olympian Kevin Jackson) during a meet in Siberia. Their first impression of him had been when he was cleaning the mats in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yelena Matyushenko
Yelena Matyushenko (born 25 January 1961) is a Soviet diver. She competed in the women's 10 metre platform event at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ .... References 1961 births Living people Soviet female divers Olympic divers for the Soviet Union Divers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Summer World University Games medalists in diving FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1981 Summer Universiade {{USSR-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mykhailo Matiushenko
Mykhailo Yuriiovych Matiushenko (, call sign – Did; 8 January 1961 in Kharkiv, Soviet Union – 26 June 2022 over the Black Sea, Ukraine) was a Ukrainian entrepreneur and manager, serviceman, military and civil aviation pilot, colonel and commander of the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who participated in the Russo-Ukrainian War. Hero of Ukraine (2023, posthumously). Biography Mykhailo Matiushenko was born on 8 January 1961 in Kharkiv. In his youth, he went in for swimming, became a master of sports, and was a children's coach. He graduated with honors from the Hrytsevets Kharkiv Higher Military School of Pilots and also from the Gagarin Air Force Academy in Moscow. He served in the USSR until 1991. After the collapse of the USSR, he decided to serve Ukraine. Then he resigned from military service and worked in commercial structures related to civil aviation. In the 2000s, he headed one of Kyiv's airlines. In 2014, he travele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
