Mykhaylo Kokhan Explained

Mykhaylo Kokhan Mykhailo Kokhan
Birth Date:	22 January 2001
Birth Place:	Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
Height:	1.82 m
Weight:	103 kg
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Hammer throw
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Mykhaylo Kokhan or Mykhailo Serhiiovych Kokhan (Ukrainian: Михайло Сергійович Кохан; born 22 January 2001) is a Ukrainian athlete specialising in the hammer throw. He won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career

He represented his country at the 2019 World Championships finishing fifth the final.

His personal best with a senior implement was 77.39 metres set in Doha in 2019. He improved it with 80.78 m im Székesfehérvár on 5 July 2021.

International competitions

Representing
2017	World U18 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	bgcolor=gold	1st	Hammer throw (5 kg)	82.31 m
	European Youth Olympic Festival	Győr, Hungary	bgcolor=gold	1st	Hammer throw (5 kg)	78.28 m
2018	World U20 Championships	Tampere, Finland	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Hammer throw (6 kg)	79.68 m
	Youth Olympic Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	bgcolor=gold	1st	Hammer throw (5 kg)	85.97 m + 85.14 m^1
2019	European Throwing Cup (U23)	Šamorín, Slovakia	bgcolor=gold	1st	Hammer throw	76.68 m
	European U20 Championships	Borås, Sweden	bgcolor=gold	1st	Hammer throw (6 kg)	84.73 m (EU20R CR)
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	5th	Hammer throw	77.39 m
2021	European U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	bgcolor=gold	1st	Hammer throw	77.88 m
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	4th	Hammer throw	80.39 m
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	7th	Hammer throw	78.83 m
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	5th	Hammer throw	78.48 m
2023	European U23 Championships	Espoo, Finland	bgcolor=gold	1st	Hammer throw	77.21 m
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	5th	Hammer throw	79.59 m
2024	European Championships	Rome, Italy	3rd	Hammer throw	80.18 m
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	3rd	Hammer throw	79.39 m

¹Sum of the best marks in the two stages