Liudmyla Luzan

Liudmyla Volodymyrivna Luzan (Ukrainian: Людмила Володимирівна Лузан; born 27 March 1997) is a Ukrainian sprint canoeist.[1] She is silver and bronze Olympic medalist, three-time World champion and three-time European champion.[2]

Liudmyla Luzan
Luzan with her Olympic bronze medal
Personal information
NationalityUkrainian
Born (1997-03-27) 27 March 1997
Ivano Frankivsk, Ukraine
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
CountryUkraine
SportCanoe sprint
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Representing  Ukraine
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoC-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoC-1 200 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 CopenhagenC-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place2022 DartmouthC-1 500 m
Gold medal – first place2022 DartmouthC-1 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2021 CopenhagenC-1 500 m
Silver medal – second place2022 DartmouthC-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place2021 CopenhagenC-4 500 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 PoznańC-1 500 m
Gold medal – first place2021 PoznańC-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place2022 MunichC-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place2021 PoznańC-1 200 m
Silver medal – second place2022 MunichC-1 200 m
Silver medal – second place2022 MunichC-1 500 m
Bronze medal – third place2018 BelgradeC-1 500 m
Bronze medal – third place2021 PoznańC-2 200 m
Summer Youth Olympics
Silver medal – second place2014 NanjingC-1

Career

Luzan participated at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics where she won a silver medal in C-1. She qualified at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the C-1 200 meters, and C-2 500 meters.[3]

On 5 August 2021, at the 2020 Tokyo, she won bronze in the singles canoe at a distance of 200 meters. Lyudmila Luzan from the first place went to the final swim. She only snatched the award for Ukraine in the last meters. [4] She also won silver in women's C-2 500 m with Anastasiia Chetverikova.

References
  1. Ukrainian Olympic Team at the Nanjing 2014, page 14
  2. Canoer Liudmyla Luzan became Junior European champion
  3. "Canoe Sprint LUZAN Liudmyla – Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympics.com/tokyo-2020/. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  4. Canoeist Lyudmila Luzan, representing Poltava region, won a bronze medal at the Olympics (in Ukrainian)
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