Vitaliy Polyanskyy (judoka)

Vitaliy Oleksandovych Polyanskyi (Ukrainian: Віталій Олександрович Полянський; born January 26, 1981 in Dnipropetrovsk) is a Ukrainian judoka, who competed in the men's heavyweight category.[1] He held two Ukrainian titles in both his own division and the open event, picked up a bronze medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, and represented his nation Ukraine at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Vitaliy Polyanksyy
Personal information
Nickname(s)SLON
Born (1981-01-26) 26 January 1981
Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR,
Soviet Union
Home townToronto, Canada
OccupationJudoka
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Sport
Country Ukraine
SportJudo
Weight class–100 kg, +100 kg
College teamAcademy Customs of Ukraine
ClubTAIFU Dnipro, TAIFU Toronto
Coached byDanil Volovich
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Ukraine
European U23 Championships
2003 Yerevan +100 kg
European Junior Championships
2000 Nicosia –100 kg
Summer Universiade
2007 Bangkok Open
Profile at external databases
IJF6054
JudoInside.com11233
Updated on 17 February 2022.

Polyanskyy was selected to the Ukrainian squad in the men's heavyweight class (+100 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, as a result of the nation's top nine finish in the European Judo Union ranking list. Polyanskyy opened his match with a brilliant ippon victory and an ōuchi gari (big inner reap) over Egypt's Islam El Shehaby, before he fell in his next bout with a waza-ari awasete ippon defeat to Italy's Paolo Bianchessi. With Bianchessi moving forward to the medal podium phase, Polyanskyy gave himself a chance for an Olympic bronze medal through the repechage round, but lost to South Korea's Kim Sung-bum by an ippon and a tani otoshi (valley drop) within a halfway time into their first playoff of the draft.[2][3]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vitaliy Polyanksyy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  2. "Judo: Men's Half-Heavyweight (100kg/220 lbs) Round of 16". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  3. "Україна в сьомий день змагань" [Ukraine on the seventh day of the competition] (in Ukrainian). National Olympic Committee of Ukraine. 21 August 2004. Retrieved 6 June 2016.


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