Vitaliy Lukyanenko | |
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Full name | Vitaliy Volodymyrovych Lukyanenko |
Born |
Sumy, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
15 May 1978
Medal record
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Vitaliy Volodymyrovych Lukyanenko (Ukrainian: Віталій Володимирович Лук'яненко, born 15 May 1978) is a Ukrainian biathlete, cross-country skier and Paralympian.
He is classified B3 (under 10% functional vision), and competes in the visually impaired category.
Lukyanenko began skiing at age ten.
At the 2002 Winter Paralympics he competed in cross-country skiing and biathlon. In cross-country skiing, he took the bronze medal in the 5 km Classical Technique, B3. He placed 16th in the 20 km Free Technique, 4th in the 10 km Free Technique, B3 and 5th in the men's relay. In biathlon, he placed 11th in the 7.5 km Free Technique, blind.
Lukyanenko competed in biathlon and cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics. In cross-country skiing he took the bronze in the men's relay with Volodymyr Ivanov, Vladyslav Morozov and Oleh Munts. He placed 7th in the men's 5 km, visually impaired. In biathlon, he took the gold medal in 12.5 km, and silver in 7.5 km, blind.