Yesterday, December 5, 24-year-old representative of the national team of Lviv region Andriy Tyshkovets won the gold medal in the 48 kg weight category at the Ukrainian Boxing Championship.
Andriy is a graduate of the Lviv Professional College of Sports, today he trains at the Lviv Regional School of Higher Sports Mastery and at the Training and Sports Base of Summer Sports under the leadership of Roman Semenyshyn and Andriy Salva.
The athlete has been boxing since he was 13 years old. Before that, he mastered dancing. Today, Andriy is a member of the national boxing team. His sporting dream is a medal at the Olympic Games.
Two more representatives of the Lviv region became bronze medalists: Dmytro Kulya in the weight category of 71 kg, and Oleksandr Hrytsiv – in the category over 92 kg.
For the gold medal, Andriy will receive a reward from the youth and sports department of Lviv OVA in the amount of 15,000 hryvnias, and the bronze medalists will receive 8,000 hryvnias each.
Nazariy Fedyachko[/caption] Nazariy was born on October 16, 2003 — he was only 22. He received his secondary education at the Ulviv school, after which he studied at the Sokal Vocational Lyceum. 
Ruslan Kosynskyi[/caption] Ruslan was born on December 14, 1983, in Sievierodonetsk, Luhansk region. He received his basic secondary education at the school in the village of Mykolaivka, Popasna district, and later studied at the Sievierodonetsk Technical College. Because of the full-scale invasion, in June 2022 Ruslan and his mother left their home and moved to the Sokal region — first to Zabuzhzhia and then to Teliazh. He was conscripted into the Armed Forces of Ukraine on January 29, 2024, and served in military unit A4689. 
Ruslan Ivat[/caption] He is remembered as an experienced driver and responsible commander who repeatedly carried out missions in frontline areas and always remained a reliable comrade. The Hero is survived by his parents, Mariia and Ihor, his wife Svitlana, and two young children — Anastasiia and Davyd. 
evening Sokal. View of the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul. Holos Sokalshchyny[/caption] In his address to residents, the mayor emphasized that this year of the war has been a year of pain and losses, but at the same time — a year of resilience and dignity. He thanked the defenders, men and women, thanks to whom Sokal lives and holds firm, and bowed his head before those who gave their lives for the community. “A deep bow to those who gave their lives for us — their feat will remain forever in the history of the community. Preserving their memory is our sacred duty,” the address reads.