Rodion Volodymyrovych Zhyhalin (Ukrainian: Родіон Володимирович Жигалін; born 21 May 1985)[1] is a Ukrainian goalball player and a member of the Ukrainian men's national team.
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| Nationality | Ukrainian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 21, 1985 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Goalball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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With the Ukrainian team, Zhyhalin won the European Championship Group B in 2016, 2018 and won a silver in 2019 European Championship.[2] He was also a part of the Ukraine roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[3] He took part in the 2022 Goalball World Championships, where his team won the bronze medal.[4] He then competed in the 2023 European Championships, where his team won the men's tournament.[5] Zhyhalin was on the team that won silver in the men's tournament, at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ "Rodion Zhyhalin". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Голболісти України- перші на міжнародному турнірі!". paralympic.org.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
- ^ "Goalball – Team Ukraine". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Paris Organising Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Goalball: Brazil and Turkiye are the new World Champions". International Blind Sports Federation. 16 December 2022.
- ^ "Goalball: Ukraine is the new European champion and gets the slot to Paris 2024". International Blind Sports Federation. 16 December 2023.
- ^ "Men's Medallists" (PDF). Paris 2024 Paralympics. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "Japan takes Paralympic gold in men's goalball for the first time". The Japan Times. September 6, 2024.
