Ihor Kizyma (Ukrainian: Ігор Кізима; born 31 March 1997 in Lviv, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian sport shooter. He is the 2022 World Champion and 2019 European silver and bronze medallist.

Ihor Kizyma
Personal information
Full nameIhor Kizyma
NationalityUkrainian
Born (1997-03-31) 31 March 1997 (age 27)
Lviv, Ukraine
Sport
CountryUkraine
SportShooting
Eventrunning target
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Ukraine
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 7 3 1
European Championships 0 1 1
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Châteauroux 50 m running target
Gold medal – first place 2022 Châteauroux 10 m running target mixed
Gold medal – first place 2023 Baku 10 m running target
Gold medal – first place 2023 Baku 10 m running target team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Baku 10 m running target mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Baku 50 m running target open team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Baku 50 m running target mixed open team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Châteauroux 10 m running target
Silver medal – second place 2023 Baku 10 m running target mixed
Silver medal – second place 2023 Baku 50 m running target open
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Châteauroux 50 m running target mixed
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Osijek Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Osijek 10 m running target
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Suhl 50 m running target
Gold medal – first place 2016 Suhl 50 m running target mixed
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Suhl 10 m running target
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Suhl 50 m running target
Gold medal – first place 2013 Suhl 50 m running target mixed
Gold medal – first place 2016 Győr 10 m running target
Gold medal – first place 2017 Maribor 1 0m running target
Gold medal – first place 2017 Maribor 10 m running target mixed
Gold medal – first place 2017 Baku 50 m running target
Gold medal – first place 2017 Baku 50m running target mixed
Silver medal – second place 2015 Maribor 50 m running target
Silver medal – second place 2015 Maribor 50 m running target mixed
Silver medal – second place 2015 Arnhem 10 m running target mixed
Silver medal – second place 2016 Győr 10 m running target mixed
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Arnhem 10 m running target

Career edit

Kizyma came into the sport at the age of 9. His first coach was Volodymyr Yurchenko. He became a two-time World junior champion in 2016 in Suhl, Germany.[1][2] He is also multiple World and European junior champion and medallist.

At the 2019 European championships in Osijek, Croatia, he won a silver and a bronze medal for the first time in his career at the senior level.

Kizyma won his first World title at the 2022 World Championships in French Châteauroux where he won the 50 metre running target competition.[3]

Personal life edit

Kizyma studied at the Lviv Sports Professional College.[4] He serves in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and is junior sergeant.

References edit

  1. ^ "Ihor Kizyma became World shooting champion". Zaxid.Net. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Ihor Kizyma became World running target shooting champion". tvoemisto.tv. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  3. ^ "AFU's junior sergeant won the Shooting World Championships". shotam.info. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  4. ^ Shooting: Ihor Kizyma received the regional Viacheslav Chornovol reward, Lviv State University of Physical Culture.

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