Danylo Sapunov (, patronymic: Володимирович; born 5 April 1982 in

Zaporizhya Zaporizhzhia, formerly known as Aleksandrovsk or Oleksandrivsk until 1921, is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. It is the Capital city, administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia ...

), is a

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

i (since 2002 till 2009) and Ukrainian (until 2002 and since 2010) professional triathlete. From 2008 to 2010, Danylo Sapunov was married to the Ukrainian triathlete

Yuliya Yelistratova Yuliya Oleksandrivna Yelistratova (; born 15 February 1988 in Ovruch, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, is a Ukrainian professional triathlete, European U23 champion of the year 2009, Number 1 in the ITU ranking (women's standing) of ...

Career

He is a triple Olympic Games participant (Athens 2004: 17th for Kazakhstan; Beijing 2008: 21st for Kazakhstan; London 2012: 42nd for Ukraine). Sapunov also represented Kazakhstan at the

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years for athletes of Asia. The Games were regulated by Asian Games Federation from the 1951 Asian Games, first Games in New Delhi, India in 1951, until ...

. In the eleven years from 2000 to 2010, Sapunov took part in 95 ITU competitions and achieved 56 top ten positions, among which 13 gold medals. He was the best Ukrainian triathlete in the ''Men Olympic Ranking London 2012''.

Doping and Disqualification

On 10 April, 2020, the IRONMAN® Anti-Doping Program announced that Daniil Sapunov violated anti-doping rules resulting from out-of-competition testing. The athletes have accepted a four-year sanction for the anti-doping rule violation

ITU competitions

Unless indicated otherwise, the following competitions are triathlons and belong to the ''Elite'' category. The list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the athlete's ''Profile Page''. BG = the sponsor ''British Gas'' · DNF = ''did not finish'' · DNS = ''did not start''

References

External links

Ukrainian Triathlon Federation Федерация триатлона Украины
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sapunov, Danylo 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Zaporizhzhia Ukrainian emigrants to Kazakhstan Ukrainian male triathletes Kazakhstani male triathletes Olympic triathletes for Ukraine Olympic triathletes for Kazakhstan Triathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics Triathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics Triathletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics Triathletes at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in triathlon Asian Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games