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Volodymyr Burakov

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Sport
  
Athletics

Weight
  
71 kg

Height
  
1.83 m

Event
  
400 metres

Born
  
6 May 1985 (age 31) (
1985-05-06
)

Volodymyr Burakov (Ukrainian: Володимир Бураков; born 6 May 1985) is a Ukrainian sprinter competing primarily in the 400 metres. He represented his country in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2013 World Championships without qualifying for the final. In addition, he finished fourth individually at the 2013 European Indoor Championships.

In 2016 he won two silver medals, in 200m and 400m sprints, at the Rio Paralympics, as the sighted guide for visually impaired Ukrainian athlete Oksana Boturchuk.

Personal bests

Outdoor

  • 200 metres – 21.25 (0.0 m/s, Yalta 2008)
  • 400 metres – 46.07 (Yalta 2012)
  • Indoor

  • 400 metres – 46.70 (Sumy 2013)
  • References

    Volodymyr Burakov Wikipedia