Rodion Zhyhalin
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| Nationality | Ukrainian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 May 1985 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Goalball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rodion Volodymyrovych Zhyhalin (Ukrainian: Родіон Володимирович Жигалін; born 21 May 1985)[1] is a Ukrainian goalball player and a member of the Ukrainian men's national team.
With the Ukrainian team, Zhyhalin won the European Championship Group B in 2016, 2018 and won a silver in 2019 European Championship.[2] He was also a part of the Ukraine roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[3] He took part in the 2022 Goalball World Championships, where his team won the bronze medal.[4] He then competed in the 2023 European Championships, where his team won the men's tournament.[5] Zhyhalin was on the team that won silver in the men's tournament, at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[6][7]
