Ivan Heshko () (born August 19, 1979) is a Ukrainian middle-distance track

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who specialized in the 1500 meters. He represented

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at the

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and holds multiple Ukrainian records in athletics.

Running career

Heshko started to train at the age of 14. From an early age he had played football and handball, but eventually focused solely on athletics. He achieved his studies at the Teacher's Training College: Kamenets-Podolskiy. A member of an Italian athletic club, he has been trained by Georgiy Mironiouk since 1992, and has five times been the champion of his country, including a bronze medal in 2003 at the World Championships (Paris/Saint-Denis) and silver in the 1500 m at the

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. At Athens 2004, Heshko finished fifth in 1500 m. He also competed in 800 meters, but failed to advance in the semi-finals. His personal best time of 3:30.33 (1500 m), accomplished during the 2004 meeting of Brussel, is also a Ukrainian national record. In 2005 Heshko won the European Indoor Championships, the

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and the World Athletics Final and finished fourth at the World Championships. He started the next year by winning the World Indoor Championships in Moscow, comfortably ahead of two Kenyan runners, completing 1500 m in 3:42.08. In August 2006, Heshko won the silver medal at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heshko, Ivan 1979 births Living people Ukrainian male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Ukraine World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics alumni FISU World University Games gold medalists for Ukraine World Athletics Indoor Championships winners Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Chernivtsi Oblast Ukrainian Athletics Championships winners

Running career

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