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Artem Harbar | |
Birth Date: | 23 March 2003 |
Birth Place: | Krasnyi Luch, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine |
Sport: | Taekwondo |
Event: | 87 kg |
Club: | FTDO Druzhkivka |
Coach: | S. Harbar, Y. Biriukov |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Artem Harbar (Ukrainian: Артем Гарбар; born 23 March 2003 in Krasnyi Luch, Luhansk Oblast[1]) is a Ukrainian taekwondo practitioner. He is 2024 European Championships bronze medallist.
First major international success at senior level came in August 2023 when he won bronze at the 2023 European Championships in Olympic Weights in Tallinn where he shared podium with his brother Andrii who won the competition.[2]
In 2024, Harbar became bronze medallist of the 2024 European Championships in Belgrade.[3]
Harbar was born in Krasnyi Luch but in 2014 his family was forced to move to Druzhkivka in neighbouring Donetsk Oblast due to Russian occupation of their home town. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, they were forced to move once again, this time to Kyiv.[1]
He picked up taekwondo at the age of 3 and his first trainer was his father Serhii.[1] According to his interview, he had an agreement with his older brother Andrii he competes in the same weight category with that the latter would try to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics (which he did not manage to achieve) and he would try to qualify for the 2028 Summer Olympics.[1]