Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy
{{short description|Ukrainian modern pentathlete}}
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| birth_place = Makiivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
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{{MedalSport | Men's modern pentathlon }}
{{MedalCountry | {{UKR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}
{{MedalSilver | 2008 Budapest | Team }}
{{MedalBronze | 2009 London | Individual }}
{{MedalBronze | 2015 Berlin | Team }}
{{MedalCompetition | European Championships }}
{{MedalSilver | 2008 Budapest | Team }}
{{MedalBronze | 2011 Medway | Individual }}
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Dmytro Kostiantynovych Kirpulyanskyy ({{langx|uk|Дмитро Костянтинович Кірпулянський}}; born June 2, 1985, in Makiivka) is a two-time Olympic modern pentathlete from Ukraine.{{cite web |title=Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/kirpulyanskyy-dmytro-1071513/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030021227/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/kirpulyanskyy-dmytro-1071513/ |archive-date=2012-10-30 |work=London 2012 |publisher=The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited |accessdate=15 November 2012}}{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/dmytro-kirpulianskiy-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418001318/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/dmytro-kirpulianskiy-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=15 November 2012}} He also won an individual bronze medal at the 2009 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in London, England.
Career
Kirpulyanskyy achieved his best results and performed consistently for the men's event at the Olympics, when he finished ninth in 2008. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, however, he slapped his horse Wonderboy after the horse almost threw him, and then fell off him during the horse-riding segment.{{cite news |title=A leaner, meaner modern pentathlon |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/la-xpm-2012-aug-11-la-sp-oly-modern-pentathlon-20120812-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=12 August 2012 |access-date=15 November 2012}} Following his sudden fall and unsuccessful attempt to finish the riding course, Kirpulyanskyy dropped to thirty-fifth place in the overall standings.
Kirpulyanskyy works as a doctor with a degree in medicine at the Donetsk National Medical University. He is a member of Dynamo Donetsk, currently coached Konstantin.
References
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External links
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Category:Ukrainian male modern pentathletes
Category:Olympic modern pentathletes for Ukraine
Category:Modern pentathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Modern pentathletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Donetsk
Category:World Modern Pentathlon Championships medalists
Category:Donetsk National Medical University alumni
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