Maryan Ihorovych Zakalnytskyy (; born 19 August 1994 in
Verkhnia,
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
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,
Ukraine
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) is a Ukrainian
race walker
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. He is the current European champion in the
50 km walk
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.
Career
He started his sporting career in
Kalush. In 2013 he moved to
Kyiv
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.
In 2018, he won gold medal in the
men's 50 kilometres walk at the
2018 European Athletics Championships
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held in Berlin, Germany.
Легка атлетика: Мар’ян Закальницький – чемпіон Європи зі спортивної ходьби
ukrinform.ua, August 7, 2018, in Ukrainian
Achievements
References
External links
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1994 births
Living people
Ukrainian male race walkers
European Athletics Championships medalists
European Athletics Championships winners
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Ukraine
Athletes from Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
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