Maxim Polischuk
Ukrainian cyclist
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Maxim Polischuk (Ukrainian: Максим Поліщук; born 15 June 1984, in Zhytomyr) is a retired Ukrainian amateur track cyclist.[1] He won the bronze medal in men's team pursuit at the 2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Bordeaux, France, and later represented his nation Ukraine at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2]
Ukrainian: Максим Поліщук
Zhytomyr, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
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| Full name | Maxim Polischuk Ukrainian: Максим Поліщук | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 June 1984 Zhytomyr, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Track | |||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Pursuit | |||||||||||||||||
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| Dynamo Donetsk | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Polishchuk qualified for the Ukrainian squad in the men's team pursuit at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing based on the nation's selection process from the UCI Track World Rankings.[3] He delivered the Ukrainian foursome of Volodymyr Dyudya, Lyubomyr Polatayko, and Vitaliy Shchedov a ninth-place time of 4:07.883 in the prelims, narrowly missing out the match round by more than a second. He now works as a bike mechanic at Iron Bikes, a famous bike store in Belgium. [4][5]
Career highlights
- 2004
UCI European Junior Track Cycling Championships (Team pursuit), Valencia (ESP)- 2006
UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Team pursuit), Bordeaux (FRA)- 2008
- 9th Olympic Games (Team pursuit), Beijing (CHN)
