Danylo Sapunov

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on the way to the bronze medal in Quarteira, 2011
on the way to the bronze medal in Quarteira, 2011
Personal information
Date of birth 5th April 1982 (age 38)
place of birth Zaporizhia
size 173 cm
Weight 63 kg
societies
successes
2005 U23 vice world champion
2018 Ironman winner
status
closed until October 2023

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

Triathlon short and medium distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
04th June 2016 3 UKR Triathlon National Championships UkraineUkraine Dnipropetrovsk 01:46:25
July 18, 2015 4th ETU Triathlon Balkan Championships CroatiaCroatia Zagreb 00:53:56
0Aug 7, 2012 42 2012 Summer Olympics United KingdomUnited Kingdom London 01:51:32
Aug 15, 2010 1 USPE European Police Championships in Triathlon AustriaAustria 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 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Beijing 01:50:58
0June 1, 2007 1 ASTC Triathlon Asian Championships Korea SouthSouth Korea Tongyeong 01:52:58
Sep 10 2005 2 ITU Triathlon World Championship U23 JapanJapan Gamagōri 01:53:06 U23 vice world champion
Aug 25, 2004 17th 2004 Summer Olympics GreeceGreece Athens
0May 9, 2004 4th ITU Triathlon World Championship U23 CanadaCanada Madeira U23 triathlon world championship
0Nov 9, 2002 4th ITU Triathlon World Championship U23 MexicoMexico Cancun
June 23, 2001 20th ETU Triathlon European Championship Junior Men Czech RepublicCzech Republic Carlsbad
0July 8, 2000 29 ETU Triathlon European Championship Junior Men NetherlandsNetherlands stone Junior European Triathlon Championship
Long distance triathlon
Date / year space competition venue time comment
Oct 12, 2019 DSQ Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii - disqualified because of EPO (rank 24 in 8:28:22 h)
Nov 17, 2018 1 Ironman Malaysia MalaysiaMalaysia Langkawi 08:33:37
Nov 14, 2015 9 Ironman Malaysia MalaysiaMalaysia Langkawi 09:15:24

(DSQ - Disqualified)

Web links

Commons : Danylo Sapunow  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / archive.triathlon.org
  2. ↑ See http://www.triathlon.org/files/events/rankings/rankings-olympic-men-2012.pdf . Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  3. ↑ Breakthrough Victories for Hufe, Sapunov at 2018 Ironman Malaysia (November 18, 2018)
  4. ↑ Doping: Ukrainian Sapunov was doped with EPO at Ironman Hawaii 2019 (April 11, 2020)
personal data
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