Ihor Kizyma Explained

Ihor Kizyma
Fullname:Ihor Kizyma
Nationality:Ukrainian
Birth Date:1997 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Lviv, Ukraine
Country:Ukraine
Sport:Shooting
Event:running target
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Ihor Kizyma (Ukrainian: Ігор Кізима; born 31 March 1997 in Lviv, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian sport shooter. He is the 2022 World Champion and 2019 European silver and bronze medallist.

Career

Kizyma came into the sport at the age of 9. His first coach was Volodymyr Yurchenko. He became a two-time World junior champion in 2016 in Suhl, Germany.[1] [2] He is also multiple World and European junior champion and medallist.

At the 2019 European championships in Osijek, Croatia, he won a silver and a bronze medal for the first time in his career at the senior level.

Kizyma won his first World title at the 2022 World Championships in French Châteauroux where he won the 50 metre running target competition.[3]

Personal life

Kizyma studied at the Lviv Sports Professional College.[4] He serves in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and is junior sergeant.

Notes and References

  1. News: Ihor Kizyma became World shooting champion. Zaxid.Net. 29 July 2016. 26 March 2019.
  2. News: Ihor Kizyma became World running target shooting champion. tvoemisto.tv. 25 July 2016. 26 March 2019.
  3. News: AFU's junior sergeant won the Shooting World Championships. shotam.info. 5 August 2022. 6 August 2022.
  4. http://ufk.lviv.ua/ua-category-shooting-news4690.html Shooting: Ihor Kizyma received the regional Viacheslav Chornovol reward