Athletes

Ievgenii Bogodaiko

Ukraine Para swimming 27 April 1994

Ukraine

Close up of a swimmer with an impaired arm doing backstroke.

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Human Interest
Data	Value
Impairment Information
Type of Impairment	Limb deficiency
Origin of Impairment	Congenital
Classification	S7, SB6, SM7
Further Personal Information
Residence	Poltava, UKR
Occupation	Athlete
Languages	Russian, Ukrainian
Higher education	Engineering - Poltava State Agrarian Academy: Ukraine
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport?	He began training in 2005 in Poltava, Ukraine.
Why this sport?	The director of the local sports rehabilitation school encouraged his parents to enrol him in swimming. Although he was sceptical at first, he quickly dedicated himself to the sport. "I had no desire at all, but when I went to the first workout and tried it, I did not want to think about any other sport. I was interested only in swimming."
Club / Team	Poltava Regional Rehabilitation and Sports School for the Disabled: Ukraine
Name of coach	Galyna Boyko [personal], UKR; Ilia Kalaida [personal], UKR, from 2005
International Debut
Year	2009
Competing for	Ukraine
Tournament	European Championships
Location	Reykjavík, ISL
General Interest
Nicknames	Zheka (VK profile, 16 Mar 2021)
Hobbies	Kart racing. (Athlete, 05 Mar 2020)
Memorable sporting achievement	Winning gold in the S7 100m backstroke at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018)
Most influential person in career	His coach. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018)
Hero / Idol	Russian Para swimmer Andrei Kalina. (sport.pl.ua, 30 Nov 2016)
Injuries	In early 2012 he broke his left arm. Later the same year he tore his Achilles tendon. (fakty.ua, 19 Sep 2012)
Sporting philosophy / motto	"Always forward." (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018)
Awards and honours	He received the Order for Services of Ukraine in recognition of his performance at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (president.gov.ua, 04 Oct 2016) In 2014 he was named Male Para Swimming Athlete of the Year by the swimming news website SwimSwam. (swimswam.com, 26 Dec 2014) He received the Order for Merits [third grade] in Ukraine in recognition of his performance at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (paralympic.org.ua, 28 Mar 2013) He has received the title of Honoured Master of Sport in Ukraine. (dsmsu.gov.ua, 31 Dec 2020)
Ambitions	To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 05 Mar 2020)
Impairment	He was born with underdeveloped limbs. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018)
Other information	FURTHER EDUCATION He graduated in coaching from Poltava National Technical University in Ukraine. (Athlete, 05 Mar 2020)

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