Viktoria Viktorovna Tkachuk (born November 8, 1994 in Pleshchina ) is a Ukrainian athlete specializing in 400 meters and 400 meters hurdles. Participant in the 2016 Summer Olympics .
 Victoria Tkachuk | |
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| general information | |
| Full name | Victoria Viktorovna Tkachuk |
| Original name | Ukrainian Viktoria Tkachuk |
| Date and place of birth | November 8, 1994 (24 years old) Pleshchin , Shepetovsky district , Khmelnitsky region , Ukraine |
| Citizenship |  Ukraine |
| Growth | 178 cm |
| Weight | 69 kg |
| Club | Osvita |
| Trainers | Alexander Krasnov, Valery Doroshenko, Anatoly Chumak |
| Sports career | 2012 - n. at. |
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Biography
Born in the village of Pleschin, Shepetovsky district , Khmelnitsky region . Started athletics in 2006 in Netishyn , where Alexander Krasnov became her first coach. From 2011 to 2014 she studied at the Donetsk Higher School of Olympic Reserve named after C. Bubki. In 2012 she was enrolled in the athletics department of the Donetsk ShVSM. For some time, the mentor of a promising athlete was the Honored Coach of Ukraine Valery Doroshenko, and later Tkachuk began to train with another Honored Coach - Anatoly Chumak.
Since 2013, Victoria became the repeated winner and winner of the national competitions in 400m running and 400m hurdling, in 2015 she became the bronze medalist of the European Team Championship in Cheboksary and in the same year took part in the World Championship in China .
In 2016, Victoria represented Ukraine at the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics. In the 400 m hurdles, she reached the semifinals, where she took the last eighth place in her race.
Links
- Tkachuk, Victoria Viktorovna - profile on the IAAF website
- Olimpіyskі nadії Donetschini - 2016: Viktoria Tkachuk . donoda.gov.ua. Date accessed August 17, 2016. (unavailable link)