Vasyl Krainyk

Impairment information

Type of Impairment

Intellectual impairment

Origin of Impairment

Congenital

Classification

S14, SB14, SM14

Further personal information

Family

Wife Daria

Residence

Mariupol, UKR

Occupation

Athlete

Languages

Russian, Ukrainian

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?

He began training in 2005 in Donetsk, Ukraine.

Why this sport?

One of his doctors encouraged him to take up the sport.

Club / Team

Invasport: Donetsk, UKR

Name of coach

Borys Sokolov [personal], UKR, from 2016; Svitlana Toloknianyk [personal], UKR

International debut

Year

2018

Competing for

Ukraine

General interest

Nicknames

Vasya (VK profile, 10 May 2022)

Hobbies

Travel. (Athlete, 09 Mar 2020)

Most influential person in career

His family. (Athlete, 29 Aug 2019)

Sporting philosophy / motto

"Discipline." (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018)

Awards and honours

In recognition of the bronze medal he won at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, he received the Order For Merits [third class] in Ukraine. (zakon.rada.gov.ua, 16 Sep 2021)

He has received the title of Master of Sport of International Class in Ukraine. (mms.gov.ua, 30 Dec 2021)