Ukrainian shot putter (born 1996)
Roman Kokoshko
Kokoshko, 2022
Full name Roman Volodymyrovych Kokoshko National team Ukraine Born (1996-08-16 ) 16 August 1996 (age 28) Odesa Oblast , UkraineSport Athletics Event(s) Shot put , Discus Personal bests
Shot put outdoor: 21.23m (2022)
Shot put indoor: 21.84m (2023) NR
Roman Kokoshko (Ukrainian : Роман Володимирович Кокошко ; born 16 August 1996) is a Ukrainian track and field athlete who competes predominantly in shot put . He was a bronze medalist at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships where he became the Ukrainian national record holder.
Career
From Odesa , Kokoshko became the champion of Ukraine on August 22, 2019 with a personal best throw of 19.70m.[ 1]
He began training in Portugal in 2021 under the guidance of the Ukrainian coach Volodymyr Zinchenko .[ 2] The following summer he marked a new personal best throw of 21.23 metres at an event in Lisbon.[ 3]
In 2022 Kokoshko took part in the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon and the European Athletics Championships in Munich , but did not qualify for the final in either event.[ 4]
Kokoshko set a new national shot put record in winning the bronze medal at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul , on March 3, 2023. He threw 21.84 to beat the mark set by Oleksandr Bagach in 1999. He achieved this with his last throw in the event.[ 5]
He competed in the shot put at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024.[ 6]
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