DIDUKH Viktor

Ukraine
Table Tennis
23 Jan 1987
34
Male
8
LVIV
 
Ukraine
LVIV
 
Ukraine

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
TTE Table Tennis Men's Team - Class 8
UKR
Ukraine
 2 Silver Medal
Men's Singles - Class 8 2 Silver Medal

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1
Men's Singles - Class 8 Group A
#1
NGR
FARINLOYE VFARINLOYE Victor
 Sport Class: 8
2
UKR
DIDUKH VDIDUKH Viktor
 Sport Class: 8
3
Finished
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2
Men's Singles - Class 8 Group A
#8
GBR
SHILTON BSHILTON Billy
 Sport Class: 8
0
UKR
DIDUKH VDIDUKH Viktor
 Sport Class: 8
3
Finished
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1
Men's Singles - Class 8 Quarterfinal 1
#30
UKR
DIDUKH VDIDUKH Viktor
 Sport Class: 8
3
GBR
McKIBBIN AMcKIBBIN Aaron
 Sport Class: 8
1
Finished
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1
Men's Singles - Class 8 Semifinal 1
#34
UKR
DIDUKH VDIDUKH Viktor
 Sport Class: 8
3
CHN
PENG WPENG Weinan
 Sport Class: 8
2
Finished
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2
Men's Singles - Class 8 Gold Medal Match
#36
UKR
DIDUKH VDIDUKH Viktor
 Sport Class: 8
1
CHN
ZHAO SZHAO Shuai
 Sport Class: 8
3
Finished
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1
Men's Team - Class 8 Semifinal 1
#4
UKR
Ukraine
2
FRA
France
0
Finished
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2
Men's Team - Class 8 Gold Medal Match
#6
UKR
Ukraine
0
CHN
China
2
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocation
Paralympic Games
1Team - Classes 6-82016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
5Singles - Class 82016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
1Singles - Class 82014Beijing, CHN
2Team - Class 82017Bratislava, SVK
5Singles - Class 82018Lasko, SLO
5Team - Class 9-102014Beijing, CHN
European Championships
1Singles - Class 82019Helsingborg, SWE
1Team - Class 82019Helsingborg, SWE
1Singles - Class 82017Lasko, SLO
1Team - Class 82017Lasko, SLO
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Playing chess, planting trees. (Athlete, 19 Apr 2021)
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Athlete, Coach
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Coaching - Lviv State University of Physical Education, Ukraine
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Wife Mariana, daughters Diana and Yana
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Czech, English, Russian, Slovak, Ukrainian
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Brand Master [Kyiv, UKR]
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Oleksandr Kasparov [national]; Oleksandr Didukh [brother, personal], UKR
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His brother Oleksandr Didukh represented Ukraine in table tennis at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (Athlete, 15 Oct 2015; news.sportbox.ru, 29 Jul 2012; SportsDeskOnline, 29 Apr 2021)
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Prior to his amputation he competed in able-bodied table tennis internationally, including at the 2010 European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic. (ittf.com, 16 Aug 2017; SportsDeskOnline, 29 Apr 2021)
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2013 for Ukraine, in Ostrava, Czech Republic (Athlete, 15 Oct 2015)
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He began playing table tennis in 1992 at age five in Ukraine. (sport.24tv.ua, 30 Jan 2020; Athlete, 15 Oct 2015)
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His father inspired him to take up the sport. (Athlete, 15 Oct 2015)
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To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (paralympic.org.ua, 03 Sep 2020)
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Winning gold in the TT6-8 team event at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Athlete, 19 Apr 2021)
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Chinese table tennis player Ma Long, US boxer Mike Tyson. (Athlete, 19 Apr 2021)
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His brother Oleksandr Didukh. (Athlete, 19 Apr 2021)
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He was named Male Para Star at the 2017 International Table Tennis Federation [ITTF] Star Awards. (ittf.com, 14 Dec 2017)

He received the Order for Courage [third class] in Ukraine in recognition of his performance at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (president.gov.ua, 04 Oct 2016)

He has received the titles of Honoured Coach and Master of Sport of International Class in Ukraine. (Athlete, 19 Apr 2021; dsmsu.gov.ua, 31 Dec 2020)

General Interest

Classification
TT8 (ipttc.org, 01 Apr 2020)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (Athlete, 15 Oct 2015)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 15 Oct 2015)

Impairment Details
He was diagnosed with cancer in 2008, which resulted in the amputation of his left leg in November 2012. (ittf.com, 16 Aug 2017; sport.24tv.ua, 30 Jan 2020)

General
ACADEMY
He runs the Viktor Didukh Table Tennis Academy, which holds training camps for Para table tennis players in the Lviv region of Ukraine. "The idea was borrowed from China. There are many such academies there. I tried to get sponsors involved but never did. I did everything at my own expense. Everything that I won at the [2016] Paralympics, I invested in it. This is neither a business nor a social project. We work without budgetary support." (golossokal.com.ua, 12 Jan 2021; sport.24tv.ua, 30 Jan 2020)

FURTHER EDUCATION
He has completed a degree in management at the Lviv Polytechnic National University in Ukraine. (Athlete, 19 Apr 2021)

Legend
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Silver Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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