Vitaliy Shafar Vitalii Shafar | |
Birth Date: | 27 January 1982 |
Birth Place: | Lutsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Marathon |
Vitaliy Shafar or Vitalii Shafar (Ukrainian: Віталій Шафар, born 27 January 1982 in Lutsk) is a Ukrainian long-distance runner. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's marathon, finishing in 29th place. He finished fourth in the 2014 Boston Marathon and tenth at the 2015 Boston Marathon.
He won the Macau Marathon in 2015 in 2:14.44 and set a personal best of 2:09:53 hours for the marathon at the 2014 Toronto Waterfront Marathon.