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Ivan Babaryka

Ivan Babaryka

Ukrainian long-distance runner

Ivan Babaryka (Ukrainian: Іван Бабарика; born 11 November 1982) is a Ukrainian long distance runner who specialises in the marathon.

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Career

He began his career as a track athlete and became the Ukrainian indoor champion over 3000 metres in 2006.[1] He won the 2007 Moscow International Peace Marathon, running a time of 2:20:34 in severe weather conditions.[2] He finished in second place with a time of 2:14:55 at the 2008 Mainz Marathon, behind compatriot Andriy Naumov.[3] He returned to Moscow in September and defended his marathon title with a time of 2:20:11.[4] The following year, he was again runner up at the Mainz Marathon, this time to Sammy Kipkoech Tum, recording a season's best time of 2:15:36.[5] He finished fifth at the Albstädter Citylauf with a time of 30:06, but he was the fastest European runner outside of the all-Kenyan top four.[6]

He started 2010 with a win in the Championship of Ukraine of the Ministry of Internal Affairs 5K cross country race.[7] He was a surprise winner of the Pyongyang Marathon in April that year, knocking nearly a minute of his previous marathon best with 2:13:56 to take victory over more favoured opposition.[8]

Road race wins

Personal bests

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  • All information taken from IAAF profile.

References

  1. [1]
    Babaryka Ivan. IAAF. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  2. [2]
    Kurdyumova, Yelena & Porada, Sergey (9 September 2007). Severe weather hampers times, as Ukrainians win at Moscow marathon. IAAF. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
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    Wenig, Jorg (4 May 2008). Yator and Kraus battle the heat to take the Düsseldorf Marathon – German news round-up. IAAF. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
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    September 2008 AIMS Results. Association of International Marathons and Distance Races. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
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    Mainz bleibt Mainz – viermal die Eins Archived 10 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in German). Lauf Report (10 May 2009). Retrieved 12 April 2010.
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    3rd Volksbank-Ebingen-Citylauf in Albstadt report + results, 11.10.2009. Marathon Scene (13 October 2009). Retrieved 12 April 2010.
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    Ivan Babaryka has won the Championship of Ukraine of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on cross-country[permanent dead link]. MKTB Kyiv(2 April 2010). Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  8. [8]
    Jalava, Mirko (12 April 2010). Surprise victory by Babaryka in Pyongyang – Mangyongdae Prize Marathon report. IAAF. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
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