Ukrainian canoeist (born 1997)
Liudmyla Luzan
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Nationality | Ukrainian |
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Born | (1997-03-27) 27 March 1997 (age 27) Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine |
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Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
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Country | Ukraine |
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Sport | Canoe sprint |
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Club | Dynamo Poltava |
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Coached by | Mykola Matsapura |
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Liudmyla Volodymyrivna Luzan (Ukrainian: Людмила Володимирівна Лузан; born 27 March 1997) is a Ukrainian sprint canoeist.[1] She is a two-time silver and a bronze Olympic medalist, three-time World champion and three-time European champion.[2]
Career
Luzan competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics where she won a silver medal in the C-1 event. She won her first international senior medal when she placed third at the 2018 European Championships in the C-1 500 metres. Luzan won gold medals at the 2021 European Championships in the C-1 500 metres and the C-2 500 metres with Anastasiia Chetverikova, in addition to a silver medal in the C-1 200 metres and a bronze medal in the C-2 200 metres with Chetverikova. She won the silver medal in the C-2 500 metres event with Chetverikova and the bronze medal in the C-1 200 metres event at 2020 Summer Olympics.[3][4] At the 2021 World Championships, Luzan won the gold medal in the C-2 500 metres event with Chetverikova, the silver medal in the C-1 500 metres event and the bronze medal in the C-4 500 metres with Chetverikova, Olena Tsyhankova and Yuliia Kolesnyk.
At the 2022 World Championships, Luzan won gold medals in the C-1 500 metres and the C-1 1000 metres, and a silver medal in the C-2 500 metres with Chetverikova. She won the gold medal in the C-2 500 metres with Chetverikova, and silver medals in the C-1 200 metres and the C-1 500 metres at the 2022 European Championships. At the 2023 European Games, Luzan won gold medals in the C-1 500 metres event and the C-2 500 metres event with Valeriia Tereta, and a silver medal in the C-1 200 metres event. She won the silver medal in the C-2 500 metres event at the 2024 Summer Olympics with Anastasiia Rybachok.[5]
Major results
Olympic Games
World championships
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C-1 200
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C-1 500
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C-1 1000
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C-2 200
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C-2 500
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C-4 500
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XC-2 500
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XC-4 500
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2015
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3 FB
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2017
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7
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2018
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6 FB
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6
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8
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2019
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6
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7
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2021
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4
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2022
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9
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DNS
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5
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2023
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7
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DNS F
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8
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2024
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DSQ H
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7
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