Yury Cheban

Yury Cheban
Jurij Tscheban (2012)
Full name	Yuri Volodymyrowytsch Tscheban
nation	Ukraine
birthday	5th July 1986
place of birth	Odessa ,  Ukrainian SSR
size	186 cm
Weight	90 kg
Career
discipline	Canoe racing
Boat class	Kayak (K1)
society	Sports Association of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Trainer	Vyacheslav Sorokin
National squad	since 2004
status	active
Medal table
Olympic games 2 × 0 × 1 × World Cup medals 2 × 3 × 1 × EM medals 0 × 1 × 4 ×
Olympic games gold 2016 Rio de Janeiro K1 200 m gold 2012 London K1 200 m bronze 2008 Beijing K1 500 m Canoe racing world championships gold 2007 Duisburg K1 200 m gold 2014 Moscow K1 200 m silver 2006 Szeged K1 500 m silver 2010 Poznan K1 4 × 200 m silver 2014 Moscow K1 4 × 200 m bronze 2010 Poznan K1 200 m Canoe Racing European Championships silver 2010 Tresona K1 500 m bronze 2006 Račice K1 500 m bronze 2007 Pontevedra K1 200 m bronze 2008 Milan K1 500 m bronze 2011 Belgrade K1 200 m
last change: August 12, 2016

Jurij Volodymyrowytsch Tscheban ( Ukrainian Юрій Володимирович Чебан ; born July 5, 1986 in Odessa , Ukrainian SSR ) is a Ukrainian canoeist .

Jurij Tscheban studied at the Pedagogical University in Poltava and was successful in numerous canoe racing competitions. He was at the 2007 Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg and 2014 at the World Championships in Moscow champion in One-Canadian men's 200m and 2012 at the Summer Olympic Games in London Olympic champion in One-Canadian men's 200m . He was able to repeat this success at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro , where he again won the gold medal.

Honors

Tscheban received several state awards from Ukraine, including the Order of Merit 3rd Class from the Ukrainian President in 2012 for his athletic achievements in the XXX. Summer Olympic Games in London .

Web links

Commons : Jurij Tscheban  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Jurij Tscheban in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Biography of Jurij Tscheban on file.liga.net; accessed on August 12, 2016 (Ukrainian)
2. ↑ Jurij Tscheban becomes an athlete in 2014 . Website of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine ; accessed on August 12, 2016
3. ↑ " Tscheban wins gold over 200 m" on ran.de from August 18, 2016; accessed on August 18, 2016
4. ↑ Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 474/2012 of August 15, 2012; accessed on August 12, 2016 (Ukrainian)