On August 9, celebrations on the occasion of the Day of Physical Culture and Sports of Ukraine took place in the yard of the Vasyl Krychevskyi Poltava Museum of Local Lore. During the event, the head of the Poltava Regional Military Administration, Dmytro Lunin, and the first deputy chairman of the Poltava Regional Council, Oleksandr Lemeshko, awarded the best athletes of the Poltava Region with Honorable Diplomas of the Regional Military Administration and the Regional Council.
“I know firsthand what sports are and how difficult it is to achieve high results. In recent years, sports in the country began to develop more actively – sports grounds, stadiums, swimming pools were built. The most important thing is that all the results that our athletes achieved in the national and international arena are very high, and the results of the Poltava region are the highest. I am very grateful to you for this. Unfortunately, the enemy is doing everything to hinder your trainings, but despite the war, thanks to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, law enforcement officers, territorial defense of Ukraine, you have the opportunity to improve yourselves. I am very grateful to you for your desire to raise the national flag in every corner of the world. I am sure that there are many more great victories ahead,” – noted Dmytro Lunin.
“I am very delighted that the Poltava region is famous for its developed sports infrastructure.
Each of us has our own economic, educational, medical, social and sports front. Today, our Armed Forces are showing extraordinary performance at the front. And our athletes are winning in world sports arenas. I congratulate you on your professional holiday and I want to wish you more victories and achievements on the sports front and, of course, the Great Victory, which will be in the near future,” – wished Oleksandr Lemeshko.
The senior teacher of the Department of Physical Therapy and Ergotherapy, the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Physical Culture and Sports of Poltava Polytechnic, Master of Sports of Ukraine of the international class in powerlifting Oksana Hordiienko as well as a student of the Polytechnic Educational and Research Institute of Oil and Gas, Candidate for Master of Sports of Ukraine in powerlifting Dariia Holovko were awarded Honorable Diplomas of the Poltava Regional Military Administration “For many years of conscientious work, significant contribution to the development of physical culture and sports in the region, high professionalism and on the occasion of the Day of Physical Culture and Sports of Ukraine”.
The Poltava Regional Council awarded the rector of the National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic”, the head of the separate structural subdivisions of the "Sports Student Union of Ukraine" of the Poltava Region and the Ukrainian Federation of Student Sports in the Poltava Region, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor Volodymyr Onyshchenko with an Honorable Diploma “For many years of conscientious work, high skill, significant contribution to the development of physical culture and sports of the Poltava region, popularization of a healthy lifestyle, active social activity and on the occasion of the Day of Physical Culture and Sports”.
“On behalf of the Council of Rectors of Higher Education Institutions of the Poltava Region, the Sports Student Union of the Poltava Region, the Ukrainian Federation of Student Sports of the Poltava Region and myself, I sincerely congratulate you on the Day of Physical Culture and Sports of Ukraine. Thank you for your effective cooperation and for such an assessment of my work. In turn, I would like to award several Poltava coaches who have given many children a path to life. I will continue to take care of the best conditions for athletes and help multiply their achievements! I wish you, athletes, new sporting successes and victories. If you win, Ukraine wins!” – thanked Volodymyr Onyshchenko.
With the Diploma of the Rector of the National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic” for a significant contribution to the development of university and school sports, training of highly qualified athletes, the following were awarded:
— Kostiantyn Semeniaha, Director of the Poltava Regional School of Higher Sports Mastery, Honored Worker of Physical Culture and Sports of Ukraine, Honored Boxing Coach of Ukraine
— Oleksandr Vereshchaka, Head of the Poltava Regional Center for Physical Culture and Sports “Invasport”, Honored Football Coach of Ukraine
— Mykola Zakladnyi, Senior Coach of the National Deaflympic Table Tennis Team of Ukraine, Honored Master of Sports of Ukraine
Three students of the Poltava Polytechnic received certificates of assigned sports titles:
- Oleksii Virchenko – Honored Master of Sports of Ukraine in swimming
- Denys Ostapchenko – Honored Master of Sports of Ukraine in swimming
- Ruslana Kulyk – Master of Sports of International Class of Ukraine in arm wrestling
The Poltava Regional Military Administration solemnly handed over the boxing gloves from the World Muay Thai Boxing Games of Oleh Pryimachiov – a graduate of the “Physical Culture and Sports” specialty of the Poltava Polytechnic, Master of Sports of International Class of Ukraine in Muay Thai boxing, 5-time champion of the world, European champion in Thai boxing, two-time winner of the World Games in Thai boxing, – to the fund collection of the Vasyl Krychevskyi Poltava Museum of Local Lore.
It should be recalled that on the eve of the Day of Physical Culture and Sports, a solemn meeting with the Polytechnic athletes was held at the Center of Contemporary Art of the Poltava Polytechnic, during which the Rector of the University Volodymyr Onyshchenko awarded the best students and graduates for their sports achievements, and the champions told how they have been going to success.
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