The Department of physical culture and sports of the Donetsk regional state administration continues to summarize the results of the region's athletes' performances at national and international competitions on a monthly basis.
The best athletes of October were determined in three categories: olympic, non-olympic sports and sports for people with disabilities. The voting was conducted among the expert group of the Department of physical culture and sports of the Donetsk regional state administration and fans on Facebook.
Artem Harbar from Druzhkivka was named athlete of the month among the olympians. He is international-class master of sports of Ukraine in taekwondo (WTF) and a representative of the School of higher sportsmanship in Donetsk oblast. At the World Championships in China, he won a bronze medal in the men's weight category up to 87 kg. The title of the best coach in Donetsk region in olympic sports was awarded to Yuriy Biryukov, a coach at the School of higher sportsmanship in Donetsk oblast, honored coach of Ukraine.
The winner of the “Best athlete” nomination among non-olympic athletes is Leon Bilytskyi, honored master of sports of Ukraine in kettlebell lifting, from the Pokrovsk community. At the World Championships in Poland in the men's weight category over 95 kg, he won four gold medals: in the clean and jerk, in the two-event competition, and in the three-event competition. The title of best coach in the Donetsk region for non-olympic sports in October went to Leon's coach, his father Valery Bilytskyi.
In the category “Sports for people with disabilities,” representatives of the powerlifting section of the Donetsk regional children's and youth sports school for people with disabilities and the city of Sloviansk were recognized: honored master of sports of Ukraine Yuriy Romaniuk and honored coach of Ukraine Ihor Kotlyarov. In the competition among athletes with visual impairments at the World Championships in Turkey, Romaniuk won two gold medals in the weight category up to 67.5 kg: in bench press and in powerlifting.
