Personal Information
Residence Kyiv, UKR
Occupation Athlete
Languages Russian, Ukrainian
Higher education Sports Management - National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport: Kyiv, UKR
License number 17051995000
Club
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport? He took up the sport in 2005 in Kyiv, Ukraine, and in 2009 began training professionally.
Why this sport? His father encouraged him to pursue fencing.
Club / Team Armed Forces: Ukraine
Name of coach Volodymyr Stankevych Sr. [father, national, personal], UKR, from 2010; Maksym Lisov [personal], UKR
Handedness Right
General Interest
Nicknames Vova (sport-express.ua, 19 Jul 2017)
Hobbies Watching movies and TV series, music. (Athlete, 15 Feb 2021)
Memorable sporting achievement Winning silver in team epee at the 2014 European Junior Championships in Jerusalem, Israel. (Athlete, 15 Feb 2021)
Most influential person in career His family. (Athlete, 11 Jul 2018)
Hero / Idol Ukrainian fencer Bogdan Nikishin, Estonian fencer Nikolai Novosjolov, Ukrainian boxers Oleksandr Usyk and Vasyl Lomachenko, Russian mixed martial artist Khabib Nurmagomedov, Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic. (Athlete, 11 Jul 2018)
Awards and honours He has received the title of Master of Sport of International Class in Ukraine. (mms.gov.ua, 01 Jun 2023)
Famous relatives His father Volodymyr Stankevych Sr. has worked as a coach of the Ukrainian national epee team. (sport-express.ua, 15 Jun 2018)
