Maksym_Kagal

Maksym Kagal

Maksym Kagal

Ukrainian kickboxer (1991–2022)

Maksym Volodymyrovych Kagal (Ukrainian: Максим Володимирович Кагал; 1 December 1991[1] – 25 March 2022[2]) was a Ukrainian athlete-kickboxer and a soldier.[3]

Quick Facts Personal information, Citizenship ...

Career

Maskym Kagal was a world champion on the national team of Ukraine and bronze medalist in kickboxing according to ISKA 2014.[4] He was a silver medalist of the open championship of Kremenchuk in rugby-7.[5] Kagal was a bronze medalist in the K-1 section (weight category up to 60 kg).[6]

Death

He served in the Azov Battalion as a senior lieutenant under the call sign "Piston". On 25 March 2022, he was killed defending Mariupol from Russian forces.[7] He was posthumously awarded Hero of Ukraine.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    "Окупантів, що ставали на його шляху, — чекала неминуча смерть". armyinform.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Чемпион мира по кикбоксингу погиб при обороне Мариуполя". sport.segodnya.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Защищая Мариуполь в составе полка "Азов" погиб чемпион мира по кикбоксингу". РБК-Украина (in Russian). Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  4. [4]
    Шаховец, Денис. "В бою за Мариуполь погиб чемпион мира по кикбоксингу". СПОРТ.UA (in Russian). Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  5. [5]
    "Российские оккупанты убили в Мариуполе чемпиона мира по кикбоксингу Максима Кагала". Вільне радіо. 27 March 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  6. [6]
    "Скирта Олег Сергійович". Кафедра Здоров'я людини та фізичної культури (in Ukrainian). 28 September 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  7. [7]
    "Maksym Kagal: Kickboxing champion killed defending Mariupol from Russian forces". The Independent. 28 March 2022.
  8. [8]
    "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №201/2022" (in Ukrainian). 2 April 2022.


Stub icon

This biographical article relating to Ukrainian athletics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Flag of UkraineSoldier icon

This biographical article related to the military of Ukraine is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Maksym_Kagal, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.