Mykhailo Brudin
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| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 January 2005 Donetsk, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Discus throw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | Discus: 61.33m (2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mykhailo Brudin (born 3 January 2005) is a Ukrainian discus thrower. He was European age-group champion at under-18 and under-20 level and was a bronze medalist at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships and the 2025 Summer World University Games.[1]
Career
Brudin was born in Donetsk and represents Donetsk Oblast. Prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he trained in Druzhkivka but later settled in Spain and became a member of Numantino Athletics in La Rioja.[2][3]
He won the gold medal at the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel.[4] He won the bronze medal at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia with a personal best throw of 63.30 metres.[5][6]
He won the silver medal in the U23 category at the 2023 European Throwing Cup in Leiria, Portugal.[7] He won the gold medal at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel, winning by nearly seven metres with a world-leading U20 throw of 66.58 metres.[8][9] He was nominated for the European Athletics Rising Star Award in 2023.[10]
He won the silver medal in the U23 category at the 2024 European Throwing Cup in Leiria, Portugal.[11] He finished fourth at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru with a throw of 61.69 metres.[12][13]
He placed tenth overall at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Madrid, Spain.[14] He placed fourth overall at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway.[15] He won the bronze medal at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany.[16]
References
- ^ "Mykhailo Brudin". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ^ "2023 European Junior Championship in athletics: Ukraine wins first gold medal in discus throw". Pravada.com. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ^ "Mykhailo Brudin es campeón de Europa Sub-20". Eldiario.es. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ^ "European Athletics U18 Championships". World Athletics. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ^ "Super Cali goes ballistic, athletes are precocious". World Athletics. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ^ "Mykhailo Brudin, nominated for European Promising Athlete of the Year". Correnlarioja. September 22, 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ^ "European Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ^ "Rising Ukrainian discus star Brudin perfecting his craft on and off the track". European Athletics. 15 August 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ^ "Ukrainian discus thrower Mykhailo Brudin nominated for EuroAthletics Rising Star Award". wereukraine.info. September 25, 2023.
- ^ Mills, Steven (11 March 2024). "Ukraine tops the medal table at the 2024 European Throwing Cup". European Athletics. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ^ "Fayisa flies to 1500m gold for Ethiopia on day five in Lima". World Athletics. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "World Athletics U20 Championship". World Athletics. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ^ "European Athletics Team Championships First Division". World Athletics. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ^ Broadbent, Chris (18 Jul 2025). "Richter beats Sosna to lead another German medal sweep in men's discus". European Athletics. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ^ "Gold für Mika Sosna, Silber für Steven Richter". 22 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.