Vitali Alyaksandravich Parakhonka (Belarusian: Віталій Аляксандравіч Парахонька; born 18 August 1993) is a Belarusian athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles.[1] He represented his country at the 2018 World Indoor Championships reaching the semifinals.

Vitali Parakhonka
Personal information
Born (1993-08-18) 18 August 1993 (age 30)
Orsha
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)110 m hurdles, 60 m hurdles
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Belarus
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk 110 m hurdles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk Team event

In 2019, he won the silver medal in the team event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.[2]

His personal bests are 13.40 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles (-1.0 m/s, Minsk 2018) and 7.70 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Mogilyov 2018).

International competitions edit

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing   Belarus
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 51st (h) 110 m hurdles (99.0 cm) 14.47
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 16th (h) 60 m hurdles 7.76
European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 11th (h) 110 m hurdles 14.10
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 60 m hurdles DQ
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 24th (sf) 60 m hurdles 8.00
European Championships Berlin, Germany 20th (sf) 110 m hurdles 13.69
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 11th (sf) 60 m hurdles 7.72
World Championships Doha, Qatar 23rd (h) 110 m hurdles 13.65
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 26th (h) 60 m hurdles 7.87
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 25th (h) 110 m hurdles 13.61

References edit

  1. ^ Vitali Parakhonka at World Athletics  
  2. ^ "Team results" (PDF). 2019 European Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2020.