Viktor Ihorovych Didukh (; born 23 January 1987) is a Ukrainian

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player competing at singles (class 8) and team events (class 6–8).

Career

Along with Maksym Nikolenko, he won a gold medal at the

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, defeating the Swedish team of Linus Karlsson and Emil Andersson at the men's team class 6-8 finals. Didukh also won a silver medal at the

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, having lost to

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in the men's class 8 final and won a gold medal at the 2024 games beating Zhao Shai in the class 8 final.

References

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