Volodymyr Myslyvčuk

Myslyvčuk was born on 25 April 1996^[2] in Deliatyn, Ukraine, he gained Czech citizenship in May 2024.^[3][4] After he moved to the Czech Republic he worked as a labourer. He had a period of time without competing but was gifted a new hammer by his wife which kick-started his athletics career.^[5]

He won the bronze medal competing for Ukraine in the hammer throw in the U23 category at the European Throwing Cup in Las Palmas in 2017, and a year later in Leiria, Portugal, he won the silver medal in that age-group category at the event.^[6]

He improved his personal best to 76.52 metres competing in April 2024 in Kolín.^[7] He competed in the 2024 European Championships in Rome, Italy in the hammer throw, achieving a distance of 73.43 metres without qualifying for the final, in June 2024.^[8][9] He became Czech national champion for the first time in June 2024 the Czech Athletics Championships later that month, throwing a distance of 75.84 metres in Zlín.^[10] He competed in the hammer throw at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France where he threw 73.84 metres without reaching the final.^[11][12]

He won the silver medal at the 2025 European Throwing Cup in Nicosia, Cyprus in March 2025, with a personal best throw of 77.98 metres.^[13] In September 2025, he competed in the hammer throw at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.^[14][15]

In March 2026, he won the hammer throw at the 2026 European Throwing Cup in Nicolas, Cyprus, with a personal best throw of 80.69 metres to beat defending champion Bence Halasz. It was the first throw over 80 metres at the competition since 2009.^[16] In April, he placed third with a throw of 77.71m at the 2026 Kip Keino Classic.^[17]