Maxim Polischuk
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| Full name |
Maxim Polischuk Ukrainian: Максим Поліщук | ||||||||||||
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15 June 1984 Zhytomyr, Ukrainian SSR | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||
| Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
| Rider type | Pursuit | ||||||||||||
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| Dynamo Donetsk | |||||||||||||
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Maxim Polischuk (Ukrainian: Максим Поліщук; born 15 June 1984 in Zhytomyr) is a retired Ukrainian amateur track cyclist.[1] He won the bronze medal in men's team pursuit at the 2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Bordeaux, France, and later represented his nation Ukraine at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2]
Polishchuk qualified for the Ukrainian squad in the men's team pursuit at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing based on the nation's selection process from the UCI Track World Rankings.[3] He delivered the Ukrainian foursome of Volodymyr Dyudya, Lyubomyr Polatayko, and Vitaliy Shchedov a ninth-place time of 4:07.883 in the prelims, narrowly missing out the match round by more than a second.[4][5]
Career highlights
- 2004
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UCI European Junior Track Cycling Championships (Team pursuit), Valencia (ESP) - 2006
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UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Team pursuit), Bordeaux (FRA) - 2008
- 9th Olympic Games (Team pursuit), Beijing (CHN)
References
- ↑ "Maksym Polishchuk". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ↑ "Aussies race to victory in team pursuit". Gulf Daily News. 16 August 2006. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ↑ Romanyak, Mykaylo (30 January 2008). Леся Калитовська: «Екскурсію у Голлівуд відклала на пізніше» [Lesya Kalytovska: "Tour in Hollywood puts on the back."] (in Ukrainian). Vysokyi Zamok. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ↑ "Men's Team Pursuit Qualification". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- ↑ Вже на початку дня Юрій Сухоруков потішив Україну, завоювавши срібну медаль у змаганнях з кульової стрільби [At the beginning of the day, Ukraine's Yuriy Sukhorukov delightfully wins a silver medal in shooting] (in Ukrainian). Televiziyna Sluzhba Novyn. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
External links
- NBC Olympics Profile
- Maxim Polischuk profile at Cycling Archives
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