Lviv Athletes Triumph at the European Shotokan Karate-Do Championship
The 16th European Shotokan Karate-Do Championship (SKIF version) took place in Crete, Greece, from April 25-27.
“The Ukrainian national team performed well at these competitions and took sixth place in the overall team ranking among seventeen countries. Representatives from Lviv region also contributed to the medal tally,” stated Roman Khimyak, head of the Department of Sports, Youth, and Tourism of the Lviv Regional Administration.
Champions and Prize Winners from Lviv Region:
- 🥇Ilya Yatskiv — 1st place in team kumite, 16-17 years (“GEPARD”)
- 🥇Ivan Kyriiev — 1st place in team kumite, 16-17 years (“GEPARD”)
- 🥇Arsen Bereziuk — 1st place in team kumite, 16-17 years (“Kensei”)
- 🥇Vladyslav Martyniuk — 1st place in team kumite, 16-17 years (“Sokil”)
- 🥉Yelyzaveta Kapustynska — 3rd place in team kata, 12-14 years (“GEPARD”)
- 🥉Zhanna Kruchkevych — 3rd place in team kata, 12-14 years (“GEPARD”)
- 🥉Kateryna Klishch — 3rd place in team kata, 12-14 years (“GEPARD”)
- 🥈Solomiia Fityo — 2nd place in women’s team kumite, 18-39 years (“Kensei”)
- 🥈Vladyslav Martyniuk — 2nd place in kumite, U20 (“Sokil”)
- 🥈Ostap Zasadnyi — 2nd place in kumite, U16 (“GEPARD”)
- 🥈Anastasiia Horbach — 2nd place in kumite, U18 (“Sokil”)
- 🥉Oleh Matiash — 3rd place in seniors kumite, 20-39 years, -85kg (“GEPARD”)