Vasyl Lishchynskyi

Vasyl Lischynskyi

Personal information
Nationality	Ukrainian
Born	(1964-03-18)18 March 1964
Died
Sport
Country	Ukraine
Sport	Paralympic athletics
Disability class	F11/12
Event(s)	Throwing events
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Paralympic Games 3 2 0 World Championships 0 1 1 European Championships 2 0 1 Paralympic athletics Representing Ukraine Paralympic Games 1996 Atlanta Shot put – F11 2008 Beijing Discus throw – F11/12 2008 Beijing Shot put – F11/12 1996 Atlanta Discus throw – F11 2012 London Discus throw – F11 IPC Athletics World Championships 2013 Lyon Shot put F11 2013 Lyon Discus F11 IPC European Championships 2012 Stadskanaal Shot put - F11 2012 Stadskanaal Discus - F11 2014 Swansea Discus - F11

Vasyl Lischynskyi (18 March 1964 – 29 November 2015) was a Paralympian athlete from Ukraine competing mainly in category F11/12 throwing events.

Biography

Vasyl competed in four Paralympics, always competing in the shot and discus. His first games were in 1996 where he won gold in the shot and silver in the discus. 2000 and 2004 proved barren games but in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China he won a gold medal in the F11/12 discus and a bronze in the F11/12 shot put.

External links

• Results for Vasyl Lischynsky* from the International Paralympic Committee