Ivan Heshko () (born August 19, 1979) is a
Ukrainian middle-distance track
athlete
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who specialized in the
1500 meters. He represented
Ukraine
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at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
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
2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships
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in
Budapest
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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
Summer Universiade
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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.
See also
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Ukraine at the 2004 Summer Olympics
References
External links
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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