Kostiantyn Dmytrovych Kostenevych (Ukrainian: Костянтин Дмитрович Костеневич; born 25 June 1999 in Kharkiv) is a Ukrainian taekwondo practitioner. He is 2024 European Championships silver medalist.
 Kostenevych and his coach Nam in Tallinn in 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Kostiantyn Dmytrovych Kostenevych | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 June 1999 Kharkiv, Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 80 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | ShVSM (Kyiv) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Oleh Nam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editFirst World Championships Kostenevych competed at was the 2019 tournament. In Manchester, he defeated Kim Jee-seok from South Korea but lost in the round of 32 to Mexican René Lizárraga. The next World Championships was more successful. He reached quarterfinals by defeating Yarobis Castañeda from Cuba, Faysal Sawadogo from Burkina Faso, and Richard Ordemann from Norway, but after that he lost to Seif Eissa from Egypt.
In 2023, Kostenevych represented Ukraine at the 2023 European Games. He defeated Júlio Ferreira from Portugal but lost to Polish Szymon Piątkowski in the quarterfinal.
Kostenevych was selected for the 2024 European Olympic Qualification Tournament, but he failed to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics. In Sofia, he defeated Szymon Piątkowski from Poland but lost to Serbian Stefan Takov in the quarterfinals.
First major international success at senior level came in May 2024 when he won silver at the 2024 European Championships in Belgrade, defeating in the semifinal "neutral" Russian 2020 Olympic gold medalist Maksim Khramtsov and losing in the final to 2020 Olympic bronze medallist Toni Kanaet from Croatia.[1]
References
edit- ^ "Чемпіонат Європи серед дорослих 2024 проходить з 09 по 12 травня у столиці Сербії , Белграді 🇺🇦🥋" [European Senior Championships is taking place from 9 to 12 June in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia🇺🇦🥋] (in Ukrainian). Nam Team Taekwondo WT Club - Ukraine, Kyiv. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
External links
edit- Kostiantyn Kostenevych profile at World Taekwondo
- Kostiantyn Kostenevych ranking at World Taekwondo
- Kostiantyn Kostenevych at TaekwondoData.com
- Kostiantyn Kostenevych at the website of the Taekwondo Federation of Ukraine
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