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Vasyl Kovalchuk

Actor soviet sports shooter Paralympic sports shooter

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ7917049 ↗
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Vasyl Kovalchuk (born April 18, 1973) is a Ukrainian sports-shooter. He won gold medals at both the 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics in the mixed 10 metre air rifle prone SH2. He also competed in both events in the mixed 10 metre air rifle standing SH2 competitions.

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The public source identifies “Vasyl Kovalchuk” as actor soviet sports shooter Paralympic sports shooter. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Vasyl, Kovalchuk and Actor.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1973, 2012, 2016—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1973-04-18. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Vasyl, Kovalchuk and Actor providing the first useful test.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7917049. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1973, 2012 and 2016.

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This entry incorporates text from “Vasyl Kovalchuk” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.