Vitaliy Polyanskyy (judoka)

Vitaliy Oleksandovych Polyanskyi (Ukrainian: Віталій Олександрович Полянський; born 26 January 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
Full nameVITALIY POLYANSKYY
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
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Yerevan +100 kg
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Nicosia –100 kg
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 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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