Kostiantyn Kostenevych

Kostiantyn Kostenevych
Kostenevych and his coach Nam in Tallinn in 2023
Personal information
Full nameKostiantyn Dmytrovych Kostenevych
Nationality Ukraine
Born (1999-06-25) 25 June 1999 (age 25)
Kharkiv, Ukraine
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Event80 kg
ClubShVSM (Kyiv)
Coached byOleh Nam
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing  Ukraine
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Belgrade 80 kg
European Championships Olympic Categories
Gold medal – first place 2023 Tallinn 87 kg
World Juniors Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Burnaby 68 kg
European U21 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Helsingborg 74 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Grozny 74 kg
European Cadets Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bucharest 53 kg

Kostiantyn Dmytrovych Kostenevych (Ukrainian: Костянтин Дмитрович Костеневич; born 25 June 1999 in Kharkiv) is a Ukrainian taekwondo practitioner. He is 2024 European Championships silver medalist.

Career

First World Championships Kostenevych competed at was the 2019 tournament. In Manchester, he defeated Kim Jee-seok from South Korea but lost in the round of 32 to Mexican René Lizárraga. The next World Championships was more successful. He reached quarterfinals by defeating Yarobis Castañeda from Cuba, Faysal Sawadogo from Burkina Faso, and Richard Ordemann from Norway, but after that he lost to Seif Eissa from Egypt.

In 2023, Kostenevych represented Ukraine at the 2023 European Games. He defeated Júlio Ferreira from Portugal but lost to Polish Szymon Piątkowski in the quarterfinal.

Kostenevych was selected for the 2024 European Olympic Qualification Tournament, but he failed to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics. In Sofia, he defeated Szymon Piątkowski from Poland but lost to Serbian Stefan Takov in the quarterfinals.

First major international success at senior level came in May 2024 when he won silver at the 2024 European Championships in Belgrade, defeating in the semifinal "neutral" Russian 2020 Olympic gold medalist Maksim Khramtsov and losing in the final to 2020 Olympic bronze medallist Toni Kanaet from Croatia.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Чемпіонат Європи серед дорослих 2024 проходить з 09 по 12 травня у столиці Сербії , Белграді 🇺🇦🥋" [European Senior Championships is taking place from 9 to 12 June in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia🇺🇦🥋] (in Ukrainian). Nam Team Taekwondo WT Club - Ukraine, Kyiv. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.