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Vasyl Lischynskyi (18 March 1964 – 29 November 2015)^[1] was a Paralympian athlete from Ukraine competing mainly in category F11/12 throwing events.^[2]

Biography

Vasyl competed in four Paralympics, always competing in the shot and discus. His first games were in 1996 where he won gold in the shot and silver in the discus. 2000 and 2004 proved barren games but in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China he won a gold medal in the F11/12 discus and a bronze in the F11/12 shot put.

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External links

• Vasyl Lishchynskyy at the International Paralympic Committee