Oleksandr Driha

Ukraine

Athletics

Biography

Impairment information

Classification

T37

Further personal information

Residence

Smila, UKR

Languages

Russian

Higher education

Physical Education, Sport Studies - Cherkasy National University: Ukraine

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?

He took up the sport at age 14 in Smila, Ukraine.

General interest

Nicknames

Sasha (cknews.info, 06 Dec 2012)

Awards and honours

In 2006 he was named one of the 10 Best Athletes of the Cherkasy region of Ukraine by the Antenna newspaper. (antenna.com.ua, 29 Dec 2006)

He holds the title of Honoured Master of Sport in Ukraine. (paralympic.org.ua, 01 Aug 2012)

Other information

RETIREMENT
He decided to retire after competing at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London due to injuries. (Athlete, 10 Dec 2014)

Results

		Unit	Date	Rank

IPC Athletics World Championships Villeneuve d'Ascq 2002 (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 400 m T37	Final Round	1
Men's 1500 m T37	Final Round	4
Men's 400 m T37	Heat 2	1

IPC Athletics World Championships Assen 2006 (Assen, Netherlands)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 4x400 m T35-38	Final Round	2
Men's 4x100 m T35-38	Final Round	2
Men's 800 m T37	Final Round	4
Men's 800 m T37	Heat 2	3
Men's 400 m T37	Final Round	2

Athens 2004 Paralympic Games (Athens, Greece)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 4x400 m T35-38	Final Round	3
Men's 4x100 m T35-38	Final Round	3
Men's 1500 m T37	Final Round	2
Men's 800 m T37	Final Round	1
Men's 800 m T37	Heat 1	1
Men's 400 m T37	Final Round	1