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]
References
- ^ "Athletics. The Odesa athlete became the champion of Ukraine". noc-odessa.org.ua. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Odesa athlete Roman KOKOSHKO will perform at the World Championship for the first time". noc-odessa.org.ua. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "The winner of the CITIUS competition, Roman Kokoshko: "After leaving the sector, the first thing I thought about was when the next start would be"". uaf.org. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Roman Kokoshko: "There are three most unpleasant places, and I took one of them"". uaf.org. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships: Nafissatou Thiam shatters pentathlon world record on day two in Istanbul". Olympics.com. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
