Andriy Kovenko

{{Short description|Ukrainian race walker (born 1973)}}

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| fullname = Andriy Vitaliyovych Kovenko

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| birth_place = Vinnytsia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

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| event = Race walking

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| pb = 10 km walk: 39:47 (2011)
20 km walk: 1:20:51 (2012)
50 km walk: 3:58:58 (2009)

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Andriy Vitaliyovych Kovenko ({{langx|uk|Андрій Віталійович Ковенко}}; born November 25, 1973) is a Ukrainian race walker.{{cite sports-reference|title = Andriy Kovenko|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/andriy-kovenko-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418001458/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/andriy-kovenko-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 15 December 2012}} He is a four-time national champion for the 20 km race walk.

At age thirty-four, Kovenko made his official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the men's 20 km race walk. He finished the race in twenty-fourth place by two seconds behind South Korea's Kim Hyun-Sub, with a time of 1:22:59.{{cite web|title=Men's 20km Walk |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc=ATM092100/standings.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=15 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105155848/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DATM092100/standings.html |archivedate=5 January 2014 }}

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