Liudmyla Luzan Explained

Liudmyla Luzan
Nationality:Ukrainian
Birth Date:1997 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Height:1.77 m
Country:Ukraine
Sport:Canoe sprint
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Liudmyla Volodymyrivna Luzan (Ukrainian: Людмила Володимирівна Лузан; born 27 March 1997) is a Ukrainian sprint canoeist.[1] She is a two-time silver and a bronze Olympic medalist, three-time World champion and three-time European champion.[2]

Career

Luzan competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics where she won a silver medal in the C-1 event. She won her first international senior medal when she placed third at the 2018 European Championships in the C-1 500 metres. Luzan won gold medals at the 2021 European Championships in the C-1 500 metres and the C-2 500 metres with Anastasiia Chetverikova, in addition to a silver medal in the C-1 200 metres and a bronze medal in the C-2 200 metres with Chetverikova. She won the silver medal in the C-2 500 metres event with Chetverikova and the bronze medal in the C-1 200 metres event at 2020 Summer Olympics.[3] [4] At the 2021 World Championships, Luzan won the gold medal in the C-2 500 metres event with Chetverikova, the silver medal in the C-1 500 metres event and the bronze medal in the C-4 500 metres with Chetverikova, Olena Tsyhankova and Yuliia Kolesnyk.

At the 2022 World Championships, Luzan won gold medals in the C-1 500 metres and the C-1 1000 metres, and a silver medal in the C-2 500 metres with Chetverikova. She won the gold medal in the C-2 500 metres with Chetverikova, and silver medals in the C-1 200 metres and the C-1 500 metres at the 2022 European Championships. At the 2023 European Games, Luzan won gold medals in the C-1 500 metres event and the C-2 500 metres event with Valeriia Tereta, and a silver medal in the C-1 200 metres event. She won the silver medal in the C-2 500 metres event at the 2024 Summer Olympics with Anastasiia Rybachok.[5]

Notes and References

  1. http://noc-ukr.org/olympic/youth-games/nanjing-2014/team-ukraine/ Ukrainian Olympic Team at the Nanjing 2014
  2. https://kurs.if.ua/news/kanoistka_lyudmyla_luzan_zavoyuvala_zolotu_medal_na_chempionati_yevropy_67066.html Canoer Liudmyla Luzan became Junior European champion
  3. Web site: Canoe Sprint LUZAN Liudmyla. dead. 29 July 2021. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. en-us. 29 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210729194837/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/canoe-sprint/athlete-profile-n1334797-luzan-liudmyla.htm.
  4. https://bastion.tv/kanoyistka-lyudmila-luzan-yaka-predstavlyaye-poltavshinu-zavoyuvala-bronzovu-medal-olimpiadi_n42007 Canoeist Lyudmila Luzan, representing Poltava region, won a bronze medal at the Olympics (in Ukrainian)
  5. Web site: 2024-08-09 . Paris 2024: Lisa Carrington wins record-extending seventh canoe sprint Olympic gold . 2024-08-09 . BBC Sport . en-GB.