Ruslan and Vyacheslav Shimchuk
Schimchuk brothers are very famous sportsmen in orienteering. They have some really great results and now they are stabile part of NUTREND International team as well. Bellow you can find more information about these runners from Ukraine.
Shimchuk Ruslan
- Date of the birth: 11.11.1973
- Place of the birth: Kharkov, Ukraine
Shimchuk Vyacheslav
- Date of the birth: 11.11.1973
- Place of the birth: Kharkov, Ukraine
Professional history
They start engage in orienteering in 1983. They were attracted by the opportunity to visit different cities during competition.
During several years starting from 1991 they was a part of Ukrainian select team.
In 2007 they took part in multisport racing for the first time. They were attracted by dynamism and extreme of this sport. In July 2007 they as a part of «LTI. NoSport» team won the international multisport racing Adventure raid (July, Belgorod, Russia).
In 2008 year the brothers were the «NUTREND-UA» team.
List of best results achieved
1989 – Ukrainian Youth Championship in orienteering
1st place: Shimchuk Ruslan
3rd place: Shimchuk Vyacheslav
1992-96 – medal winners of Ukrainian Championships in orienteering
2008 - part of NUTREND team
1st place: extreme marathon named after Palivoda (May, Kiev, Ukraine)
«Shaleni peregoni» (July, Sumy, Ukraine)
«AR-GO Trophy» (August, Kirovograd, Ukraine)
La sportive Race (September, Kharkov, Ukraine)
2nd place: Adventure raid (July, Belgorod, Russia)
Plans for 2009
In year 2009 they are going to win main Ukrainian competitions in multi-sport and win the medal places in 2-3 international competitions. Also they are going to debut as a part of Ukrainian select team in European Championship in rogaining.
List of competitions they are preparing for this year (2009)
- FERRINO EМ-2009 Expedition (May, Vorokhta, Ukraine)
- REDFOX Advenature Race 2009 (June, Russia)
- Adventure raid (July, Belgorod, Russia)
- European Championship in rogaining (August, Finland)
- La sportive Race (September, Kharkov, Ukraine)
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