Four-time Ukrainian champion in strongman multi-athletics, Pavlo Ishchenko, killed on frontline

According to Ukrinform, this was reported by Sport.ua.

“The sports community has received another tragic news from the front. Four-time Ukrainian champion in strongman multi-event competition and Ukrainian record holder Pavlo Ishchenko was killed in the war with the Russians while performing a combat mission,” the report said.

The athlete was born in Hostomel, Kyiv region. Before becoming a strongman, Pavlo was a world and European champion and a multiple Ukrainian powerlifting champion.

Ischenko combined his competitive career with coaching.

Pavlo became the strongest in Ukraine in strongman multi-event competitions during the full-scale war in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.

As reported by Ukrinform, track and field coach Andrii Bobrovnyk was killed in the Russian-Ukrainian war.

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