Vitaliy Shafar

Born (1982-01-27) January 27, 1982 (age 44)

Lutsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

Weight62 kg (137 lb)

Country Ukraine

Vitaliy Shafar
Vitalii Shafar

Shafar in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
Personal information
Born	(1982-01-27) January 27, 1982 (age 44) Lutsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country	Ukraine
Sport	Athletics
Event	Marathon

Vitaliy Shafar or Vitalii Shafar (Ukrainian: Віталій Шафар, born 27 January 1982 in Lutsk) is a Ukrainian long-distance runner.^[1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's marathon, finishing in 29th place. He finished fourth in the 2014 Boston Marathon and tenth at the 2015 Boston Marathon.

He won the Macau Marathon in 2015 in 2:14.44 and set a personal best of 2:09:53 hours for the marathon at the 2014 Toronto Waterfront Marathon.

Served a 3 year doping ban in 2017 that retroactively disqualified performances since 2014 due to AIU doping violations(biological passport). This suspension ended on August 31, 2020.