Igor Maksymenko
# Igor Maksymenko

Igor Volodymyrovych Maksymenko (Ukrainian: Ігор Володимирович Максименко) — (September 6, 1984, Kharkiv) — master of sports of Ukraine of the international class in kickboxing and taekwondo, winner of World Cup in kickboxing.

## Biography

He was born on September 6, 1984, in Kharkiv, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union (in present-day Ukraine). Igor is a Ukrainian by nationality. Mother is Maksymenko Olena Anatoliivna, teacher of the elementary classes. Father is Maksymenko Volodymyr Anatoliiovych, metal worker/welder. Brothers are Ivan and Maksym, sisters are Iryna, Daryna and Anastasiia.

    1991 – went to the first grade of the secondary school #66 of Kharkiv.
    1993 – moved to the village of Komsomolske of Kharkiv Oblast. In the same year moved up to the secondary school #1 of Komsomolske which finished in 2001.
    2002 – became the winner of the World Cup Peter the Great Cup in taekwondo. The same year he entered Kharkiv state academy of physical education at the specialty of trainer-instructor in taekwondo.
    2004 – left the university due to personal reasons.
    2004 – achieved the status of master of spots of Ukraine in taekwondo. The same year became the silver prize winner of World Cup in kickboxing (WAKO).
    2005 – became the Champion of Europe in taekwondo (Italy) and passed international class of master of sports of Ukraine.
    2007 – began the trainer activity in the All-Ukrainian Union of taekwondo , where has been working till nowadays.
    2009 – became the winner of the World Cup of Europe in taekwondo (Poland).
    2010 – became the winner of the professional tournament of PRO TKD (Moldova). In the following year updated the studies at the KSAPE (Russian: ХДАФК).
    April 2011 – acquired the status of champion in the All-Ukrainian Union of taekwondo.
    June 2011 – acquired the title of winner of the World Cup in kickboxing (WAKO «Bestfighter» — 2011), which was held in Rimini (Italy).

## Achievements

* World Cup winner of “Peter the Great Cup” in taekwondo — 2002;
* Master of sports of Ukraine in taekwondo — 2004;
* Silver prize winner of kickboxing (WAKO) — 2004;
* Champion of Europe in taekwondo— 2005;
* Master of sports of Ukraine in the international class of taekwondo— 2005;
* European Cup Winner in taekwondo— 2009;
* Winner of the professional tournament PRO TKD — 2010;
* Match Meeting winner of taekwondo Ukraine-Poland — 2010;
* Champion of All-Ukrainian Union of taekwondo — 2011;
* World Cup Winner in kickboxing WAKO Bestfighter — 2011.

## Interests

Sport, modern music, cars, travelling.

## Примітки

* 1 2 3 4 Кращі таеквондисти ВСТ Archived 2012-02-10 at the Wayback Machine — Всеукраїнський Союз Таеквондо
* ↑ XX European Senior Championships 22.04-24.04.2005 Terracina, Italy Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine — All Europe Taekwon-do Federation
* ↑ Олег Соловей: «Хочемо підкорити світовий кікбоксинг» Archived 2011-11-05 at the Wayback Machine — Андрій Менів, «Галицький Кореспондент», 30 жовтня 2009
* ↑ Результаты матчевой встречи по таеквондо Украина-Польша — FightZone.in.UA, 26 листопада 2010
* ↑ "Bestfighter 2011 - Le pool di Kick-Light" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
* ↑ КУБОК СВІТУ З КІКБОКСИНГУ - РІМІНІ (ІТАЛІЯ) 3-5 червня 2011 р. Особисті результати спортсменів Archived 2012-03-30 at the Wayback Machine — WAKO-Ukraine
* ↑ Прикарпатці перемагають на Кубку світу з кікбоксингу — sport.if.ua, 12 червня 2011
* ↑ Побили дівчата італійців — Сабіна Ружицька, «Міст», 23 червня 2011
* ↑ Наш працівник — володар Кубку світу з кікбоксингу (WAKO «BESTFIGHTER»-2011)! — Все про бухгалтерський облік, 4 липня 2011
* ↑ Оце так перемога — Все про бухгалтерський облік, № 62 (1819), 6 липня 2011
