Dmytro Suiarko
Appearance
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Nationality | Ukrainian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Paralympic Nordic skiing (Paralympic cross-country skiing and Paralympic biathlon) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | B2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dmytro Suiarko (Ukrainian: Дмитро Олегович Суярко; born 22 October 1996) is a Ukrainian visually impaired cross-country skier and biathlete.
Career
[edit]He made his Paralympic debut for Ukraine during the 2018 Winter Paralympics.[1] He again represented Ukraine at the 2022 Winter Paralympics and won a gold medal in the 4 × 2.5 kilometre open relay and three bronze medals in the men's 6 kilometres and 10 kilometres biathlon events and the 12.5 kilometres cross-country skiing event.[2][3]
Personal life
[edit]On 7 March 2022, Suiarko's house was bombed and destroyed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4]
Recognition
[edit]- Forbes 30 Under 30 (Europe, Sports & Games) (2022)[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Dmytro Suiarko blazes trail from Ukrainian village to the world". paralympic.org. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ "Dmytro Suiarko". paralympic.org. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ Lloyd, Owen (5 March 2022). "Ukraine top Beijing 2022 Paralympics medals table after opening day with three biathlon golds". Inside the Games. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ Armour, Nancy (8 March 2022). "Ukrainian biathlete wins medal at Paralympics after house destroyed by Russian shelling". USA Today. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ "Forbes 30 under 30: Dmytro Suiarko". Forbes.
Categories:
- Living people
- Ukrainian male cross-country skiers
- Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
- Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
- Paralympic biathletes for Ukraine
- Paralympic cross-country skiers for Ukraine
- Paralympic gold medalists for Ukraine
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Ukraine
- Medalists at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
- Visually impaired category Paralympic competitors
- Paralympic medalists in biathlon
- Paralympic medalists in cross-country skiing
- Cross-country skiers at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
- 21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen
- Ukrainian Paralympic medalist stubs
- Ukrainian winter sports biography stubs