Danylo Sapunov
Danylo Volodymyrowytsch Sapunow ( Ukrainian Данило Володимирович Сапунов ; born April 5, 1982 in Zaporizhia , Ukrainian SSR ) is a Ukrainian triathlete . He was a member of the Ukrainian national team and is a three-time Olympic participant (2004, 2008, 2012).
Career
Danylo Sapunow was active as a triathlete since 1997. Sapunow started in his early competitions for Kazakhstan, his first name appears in old start lists as Daniil. According to older ITU documents, Sapunov comes from Kazakhstan.
He started in Athens in 2004 at the Summer Olympics and finished 17th. In 2005 he was U23 vice world champion and in 2008 he started again in Beijing at the Summer Olympics . In the eleven years from 2000 to 2010, Sapunov took part in 94 ITU competitions and achieved 56 top ten places, including 13 gold medals.
Danylo Sapunow was married to the Ukrainian professional triathlete Julija Jelistratowa (* 1988) from 2008 to 2010 .
As the best Ukrainian triathlete in the ITU qualification list for London 2012 (Men Olympic Ranking London 2012, as of February 2011), he was also considered the Ukraine's Olympic hope for the third time. He was able to qualify for an Olympic starting place and finished 42nd in August 2012 in London.
In November 2015 he started the long distance triathlon for the first time and at Ironman Malaysia Sapunow finished ninth. In June 2016 he finished third in the national triathlon championships.
In November 2018, the then 36-year-old won his first Ironman race with the Ironman Malaysia. He lives in Kiev .
Doping ban 2019
During a training control as part of the Ironman Hawaii , Sapunow tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO) on October 8, 2019 and he was retroactively given a four-year doping ban in April 2020.
Sporting successes
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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4th June 2016 | 3 | UKR Triathlon National Championships | Dnipropetrovsk | 01:46:25 | |
July 18, 2015 | 4th | ETU Triathlon Balkan Championships | Zagreb | 00:53:56 | |
Aug 7, 2012 | 42 | 2012 Summer Olympics | London | 01:51:32 | |
Aug 15, 2010 | 1 | USPE European Police Championships in Triathlon | Kitzbühel | 01:51:21 | European champion in the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) |
Aug 18, 2008 | 21st | 2008 Summer Olympics | Beijing | 01:50:58 | |
June 1, 2007 | 1 | ASTC Triathlon Asian Championships | Tongyeong | 01:52:58 | |
Sep 10 2005 | 2 | ITU Triathlon World Championship U23 | Gamagōri | 01:53:06 | U23 vice world champion |
Aug 25, 2004 | 17th | 2004 Summer Olympics | Athens | ||
May 9, 2004 | 4th | ITU Triathlon World Championship U23 | Madeira | U23 triathlon world championship | |
Nov 9, 2002 | 4th | ITU Triathlon World Championship U23 | Cancun | ||
June 23, 2001 | 20th | ETU Triathlon European Championship Junior Men | Carlsbad | ||
July 8, 2000 | 29 | ETU Triathlon European Championship Junior Men | stone | Junior European Triathlon Championship |
Date / year | space | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Oct 12, 2019 | DSQ | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | - | disqualified because of EPO (rank 24 in 8:28:22 h) |
Nov 17, 2018 | 1 | Ironman Malaysia | Langkawi | 08:33:37 | |
Nov 14, 2015 | 9 | Ironman Malaysia | Langkawi | 09:15:24 |
(DSQ - Disqualified)
Web links
- Personal website
- Profile and results of Danylo Sapunow in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on April 11, 2020 (English).
- Profile for Danylo Sapunov at the Institute of Applied Training Science , accessed on May 16, 2014
- Profile for Daniil Sapunov at the Institute of Applied Training Science , accessed on May 16, 2014
- Ukrainian Triathlon Federation Федерация триатлона Украины in Ukrainian
Individual evidence
- ↑ Another Olympics for Sapunov! ( Memento of the original from October 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , August 28, 2008, accessed September 20, 2010.
- ↑ See http://www.triathlon.org/files/events/rankings/rankings-olympic-men-2012.pdf . Retrieved July 5, 2011.
- ↑ Breakthrough Victories for Hufe, Sapunov at 2018 Ironman Malaysia (November 18, 2018)
- ↑ Doping: Ukrainian Sapunov was doped with EPO at Ironman Hawaii 2019 (April 11, 2020)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Sapunov, Danylo |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sapunov, Danylo Volodymyrowytsch (full name); Сапунов, Данило Володимирович (Ukrainian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian triathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 5th 1982 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Zaporizhia , Ukrainian SSR |