39 Notable alumni of Lviv State University of Physical Culture
Updated: June 03, 2026 EliteDegrees
Lviv State University of Physical Culture is ranked #8,860 in the world and #120 in Ukraine by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 39 notable alumni from Lviv State University of Physical Culture sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Lviv State University of Physical Culture won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Oksana Herhel
1994-. (aged 32)
amateur wrestler
Oksana Kukhta is a Ukrainian freestyle wrestler of Spartak sports club.
2. Oleh Shturbabin
1984-. (aged 42)
fencer
Oleh Shturbabin is a Ukrainian sabre fencer, bronze medallist in the 2005 World Fencing Championships and silver team medallist in the 2006 World Fencing Championships.
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3. Olena Stetskiv
1994-. (aged 32)
luger
Olena Andriivna Stetskiv is a Ukrainian luger. She participated at the 2014, 2018, and 2022 Winter Olympics.
4. Natalya Voytsekh
1992-. (aged 34)
badminton player
Natalya Aleksandrivna Voytsekh is a Ukrainian badminton player. She competed at the 2015 Baku European Games.
5. Andriy Mandziy
1988-. (aged 38)
luger
Andriy Vasylyovych Mandziy is a Ukrainian luger. He competed at the 2014, 2018, 2022 Winter Olympics and 2026 Winter Olympics.
6. Anfisa Pochkalova
1990-. (aged 36)
fencer
Anfisa Serhiyivna Pochkalova is a Ukrainian épée fencer. She is the 2009 world individual bronze medalist.
7. Vasyl Stankovych
1946-. (aged 80)
fencer
Vasyl Stankovych is a retired Ukrainian fencer. He competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won team silver medals in the foil in 1968 and 1972; in 1976 he placed fourth both individually and with the Soviet team. At the world championships Stankovych won five gold medals in the foil between 1969 and 1974.
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8. Volodymyr Hrabinskyi
1974-. (aged 52)
chess player
coach
Vladimir Alexandrovich Grabinsky is a Ukrainian chess International Master and coach of the Ukrainian youth team. Enrolled in the Lviv Institute of Physical Culture in 1990 and graduated in 1994. Twelve of his students became Grandmasters at an early age; these are: Andrei Volokitin, Yuriy Kryvoruchko, Martyn Kravtsiv, Yaroslav Zherebukh, Yuri Vovk, Andrey Vovk, Mikhailo Oleksienko, Nataliya Buksa, Vita Kryvoruchko,...
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9. Andriy Shandor
1966-. (aged 60)
association football referee
association football coach
association football player
Andriy Arpadovych Shandor is a former Ukrainian professional football referee. He has been a full international for FIFA since 2002.
10. Volodymyr Bezubyak
1957-. (aged 69)
association football player
association football coach
Volodymyr Bezubyak is a former Ukrainian and Soviet football coach, as well as former professional midfielder, from Lviv.
11. Dmitri Stratan
1975-. (aged 51)
water polo player
Dmitri Ivanovich Stratan is a Soviet and Russian water polo forward. He competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics for the Ukrainian team that finished in 12th place. At the next two Olympics he played for Russia and won a silver and bronze medal, respectively. He was also part of the Russian teams that won bronze medals at the 1997 European...
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12. Vitali Golod
1971-. (aged 55)
chess player
Vitali Matveyevich Golod is a Soviet-born Israeli chess player. He holds the title of Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in 1996.
13. Oleksandr Chernetskyi
1984-. (aged 42)
amateur wrestler
Oleksandr Stepanovych Chernetskyi is an amateur Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler, who wrestled for the men's super heavyweight category.
14. Serhiy Zaytsev
1973-. (aged 53)
association football player
association football coach
Serhiy Ilarionovych Zaytsev is a Ukrainian football manager and former player who played as a defender.
15. Yuriy Dyachuk-Stavytskyi
1947-2020 (aged 73)
association football player
association football coach
Yuriy Dyachuk-Stavytskyi was a Ukrainian football manager.
16. Ihor Kulchytskyi
1941-. (aged 85)
association football player
association football coach
Ihor Yevstakhiyovych Kulchytskyi is a retired Soviet football player, Master of Sports of the USSR.
17. Tetiana Hamera-Shmyrko
1983-. (aged 43)
marathon runner
athletics competitor
Tetyana Hamera is a Ukrainian long-distance runner. She represented her country at the 2012 Olympics in London, finishing fifth in the women's marathon. This result was among her many performances from 2011 to 2015 later annulled due to her conviction for doping.
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18. Vitaliy Shumbarets
1983-. (aged 43)
Nordic combined skier
ski jumper
Vitaliy Shumbarets is a Ukrainian ski jumper who has competed since 2003. He finished 45th in the individual normal hill event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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19. Yuriy Mozharovsky
1976-. (aged 50)
association football referee
association football coach
association football player
Yuriy Andriyovych Mozharovskyi is a Ukrainian professional football referee. He has been a full international for FIFA since 2011.
20. Martyn Kravtsiv
1990-. (aged 36)
chess player
Martyn Romanovich Kravtsiv is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2013.
21. Ludmilla Arzhannikova
1958-. (aged 68)
archer
Lyudmila Leonidova Arzhannikova is an Olympic archer.
22. Dmytro Boiko
1986-. (aged 40)
fencer
Dmytro Boiko is a Ukrainian sabre fencer.
23. Viktor Sidyak
1943-. (aged 83)
fencer
Viktor Aleksandrovich Sidyak is a Russian former left-handed sabre fencer, a pupil of Mark Rakita and David Tyshler. He was known for his aggressive style and the "one-and-a-half tempo attack".
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24. Artur Ayvazyan
1973-. (aged 53)
sport shooter
Artur Surenovych Ayvazyan is an Olympic shooter for Ukraine and Russia who won a gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
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25. Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi
1971-. (aged 55)
association football player
association football coach
Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi is a Ukrainian football coach and a former player who coaches Ahrobiznes Volochysk. He is on the fourth place the all-time appearance leader in the Vyscha Liha.
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26. Vasyl Kardash
1973-. (aged 53)
association football player
association football coach
Vasyl Yaroslavovych Kardash is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
27. Yaroslav Kendzior
1941-. (aged 85)
politician
Yaroslav-Petro Mykhailovych Kendzior is a Ukrainian journalist, human rights activist, and politician who served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 1990 to 1998 and from 1999 to 2012. He was previously part of the editorial staff of The Ukrainian Herald, alongside Viacheslav Chornovil and Mykhailo Kosiv.
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28. Yana Shemyakina
1986-. (aged 40)
fencer
Yana Volodymyrivna Shemyakina is a Ukrainian right-handed épée fencer, three-time Olympian, and 2012 individual Olympic champion.
29. Stepan Yurchishyn
1957-2025 (aged 68)
association football player
association football coach
Stepan Fedorovych Yurchyshyn was a Ukrainian football player and manager.
30. Anna Muzychuk
1990-. (aged 36)
chess player
Anna Olehivna Muzychuk is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster (GM). She is the fourth woman in chess history to attain a FIDE rating of at least 2600. She has been ranked as high as No. 197 in the world, and No. 2 among women. Muzychuk is a three-time world champion in fast chess, having won the Women's World Rapid Chess Championship...
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31. Vasyl Ivanchuk
1969-. (aged 57)
chess player
mind gamer
draughts player
Vasyl Mykhailovych Ivanchuk is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1988. A leading chess player since 1988, Ivanchuk has been ranked at No. 2 on the FIDE world rankings three times (July 1991, July 1992, October 2007).
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32. Andriy Husin
1972-2014 (aged 42)
association football player
association football coach
Andriy Leonidovych Husin was a Ukrainian professional football player and coach. He played in the Ukraine national team, and was one of Ukraine's most capped players. He was a member of their squad at the 2006 World Cup.
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33. Myron Markevych
1951-. (aged 75)
association football player
association football coach
Myron Bohdanovych Markevych is a Ukrainian football manager and former player. He last managed Karpaty Lviv.
34. Andriy Bal
1958-2014 (aged 56)
association football player
association football coach
Andriy Mykhaylovych Bal was a Soviet and Ukrainian professional footballer who played as a midfielder and football manager.
35. Alexander Beliavsky
1953-. (aged 73)
chess player
coach
Alexander Genrikhovich Beliavsky is a Soviet, Ukrainian and Slovenian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1975. He is also a chess coach and in 2004 was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.
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36. Andreas Kotelnik
1977-. (aged 49)
boxer
Andriy Mykolayovich Kotelnyk, best known by the Germanicised name Andreas Kotelnik, is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed between 2000 and 2014, and held the WBA super-lightweight title from 2008 to 2009. As an amateur boxer, he won a silver medal in the lightweight division at the 2000 Olympics.
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37. Igor Ter-Ovanesyan
1938-. (aged 88)
long jumper
athletics competitor
Igor Aramovich Ter-Ovanesyan is a Soviet and Ukrainian former long jumper and coach, of Armenian descent. Competing for the Soviet Union, he was a five-time European and two-time Olympic medalist in this event. In 1985, he was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honour.
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38. Vadym Tyshchenko
1963-2015 (aged 52)
association football player
association football coach
Vadym Mykolayovych Tyshchenko or Vadim Nikolayevich Tishchenko was a Soviet and Ukrainian association football player and Ukrainian coach.
39. Oleksandr Usyk
1987-. (aged 39)
professional boxer
boxer
Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Usyk is a Ukrainian professional boxer. He has held the unified heavyweight championship since 2025, and the Ring magazine title since 2022. He held the undisputed championship in two weight classes—cruiserweight and heavyweight—and is the first male boxer to become a three-time undisputed champion in the "four-belt era".
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