Oleksiy Shelest, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Oleksiy Shelest

Ukrainian race walker

Date of Birth: 27-Mar-1973

Place of Birth: Sumy, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine

Profession: athletics competitor

Nationality: Ukraine

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Oleksiy Shelest

  • Oleksiy Petrovych Shelest (Ukrainian: ??????? ???????? ??????; born March 27, 1973 in Sumy) is a Ukrainian race walker.
  • He is a two-time Olympian and a five-time national champion for the 50 km race walk. Shelest first competed for the men's 50 km race walk at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he finished the race in thirty-second place, with a time of 4:07:39.
  • He made a comeback from his eight-year absence at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing to race for the second time in 50 km walk, along with his compatriots Serhiy Budza and Oleksiy Kazanin.
  • Shelest improved his performance by finishing twenty-ninth in the event under four minutes, at 3:59:46.

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