Viktor Didukh
{{short description|Ukrainian Paralympic table tennis player}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|01|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
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| country = {{UKR}}
| sport = Para table tennis
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{{Medal|Sport|Para table tennis}}
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{{Medal|Competition|Paralympic Games}}
{{Medal|Gold|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Men's team C6-8}}
{{Medal|Gold|2024 Paris|Singles C8}}
{{Medal|Silver|2020 Tokyo|men's C8}}
{{Medal|Silver|2020 Tokyo|Men's team C8}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2024 Paris|Mixed doubles XD17}}
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Viktor Ihorovych Didukh ({{langx|uk|Віктор Ігорович Дідух}}; born 23 January 1987) is a Ukrainian para table tennis player competing at singles (class 8) and team events (class 6–8).
Career
Along with Maksym Nikolenko, he won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, defeating the Swedish team of Linus Karlsson and Emil Andersson at the men's team class 6-8 finals.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/athlete/viktor-didukh |title=Viktor Didukh |website=Rio 2016 Paralympics |publisher=Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=30 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202233737/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/athlete/viktor-didukh |archive-date=2 December 2016}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.paralympics.se/Nyheter/nyheterfranparalympics/silverforsverigesbordtennisherrarrattnojda |title=Silver för Sveriges bordtennisherrar: "Rätt nöjda" |website=Paralympics.se |publisher=Swedish Parasports Federation |author=Niclas Norlindh |language=Swedish |date=16 September 2016 |access-date=16 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917080311/http://www.paralympics.se/Nyheter/nyheterfranparalympics/silverforsverigesbordtennisherrarrattnojda |archive-date=17 September 2016 |url-status=dead}} Didukh also won a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, having lost to Zhao Shuai in the men's class 8 final{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/table-tennis/athlete-profile-n1351205-didukh-viktor.htm |title=Viktor Didukh |work=Tokyo 2020 Paralympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=30 August 2021 |archive-date=30 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830025203/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/table-tennis/athlete-profile-n1351205-didukh-viktor.htm |url-status=dead }} and won a gold medal at the 2024 games beating Zhao Shai in the class 8 final.{{cite web |title=PARA TABLE TENNIS - MEN'S SINGLES - MS8 - GOLD MEDAL MATCH GAME 20 |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/results/para-table-tennis/men-s-singles---ms8/fnl-000100-- |website=www.paralympic.org |access-date=7 September 2024}}
References
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Category:Sportspeople from Lviv
Category:Ukrainian male table tennis players
Category:Paralympic table tennis players for Ukraine
Category:Paralympic gold medalists for Ukraine
Category:Paralympic silver medalists for Ukraine
Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for Ukraine
Category:Paralympic medalists in table tennis
Category:Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Category:Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Category:Table tennis players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Category:21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen
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