Volodymyr Polikarpenko (born June 9, 1972) is a Ukrainian retired athlete. Born in

Zaporizhzhia 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 ...

, he competed in

triathlon A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of Swimming (sport), swimming, Cycle sport, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the ...

. Polikarpenko competed at the first Olympic

triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics Triathlon made its official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. This sporting event was held at the Sydney Opera House. Forty-eight triathletes contested the female event on September 16, while fifty-two contested the male eve ...

. He took fifteenth place with a total time of 1:49:51.78. In the second Olympic

triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the triathlon events were held at the Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre. Fifty triathletes contested the female event on 25 August, and the same number contested the male event on 26 August, making up a total of 100 compet ...

, he placed thirtieth with a total time of 1:57:39.28. For the

2008 Summer Olympic games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fr ...

, Polikarpenko placed 35th with a final time of 1:52:51.74. He was fifth at the 2006 Lausanne world championships. Living in Turin, Italy for ten years, he won The Bardolino classic race in Italy for six years in a row, from 2001 to 2006

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