Ivan Babaryka

Ivan Babaryka
	Babaryka in the marathon at the 2012 Olympics in London
Personal information
Born	11 November 1982 (age 42)
Height	1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country	Ukraine
Sport	Athletics
Event	Marathon

Ivan Babaryka (Ukrainian: Іван Бабарика; born 11 November 1982) is a Ukrainian long distance runner who specialises in the marathon.

Career

He began his career as a track athlete and became the Ukrainian indoor champion over 3000 metres in 2006.^[1] He won the 2007 Moscow International Peace Marathon, running a time of 2:20:34 in severe weather conditions.^[2] He finished in second place with a time of 2:14:55 at the 2008 Mainz Marathon, behind compatriot Andriy Naumov.^[3] He returned to Moscow in September and defended his marathon title with a time of 2:20:11.^[4] The following year, he was again runner up at the Mainz Marathon, this time to Sammy Kipkoech Tum, recording a season's best time of 2:15:36.^[5] He finished fifth at the Albstädter Citylauf with a time of 30:06, but he was the fastest European runner outside of the all-Kenyan top four.^[6]

He started 2010 with a win in the Championship of Ukraine of the Ministry of Internal Affairs 5K cross country race.^[7] He was a surprise winner of the Pyongyang Marathon in April that year, knocking nearly a minute of his previous marathon best with 2:13:56 to take victory over more favoured opposition.^[8]

Road race wins

Moscow International Peace Marathon: 2007, 2008
Pyongyang Marathon: 2010

Personal bests

Event	Time (h:m:s)	Venue	Date
10,000 metres	28:57.1	Kyiv, Ukraine	15 June 2006
Marathon	2:11:48	Barcelona, Spain	25 March 2012

All information taken from IAAF profile.

References

^ Babaryka Ivan. IAAF. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
^ Kurdyumova, Yelena & Porada, Sergey (9 September 2007). Severe weather hampers times, as Ukrainians win at Moscow marathon. IAAF. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
^ Wenig, Jorg (4 May 2008). Yator and Kraus battle the heat to take the Düsseldorf Marathon – German news round-up. IAAF. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
^ September 2008 AIMS Results Archived 8 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Association of International Marathons and Distance Races. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
^ Mainz bleibt Mainz – viermal die Eins Archived 10 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in German). Lauf Report (10 May 2009). Retrieved 12 April 2010.
^ 3rd Volksbank-Ebingen-Citylauf in Albstadt report + results, 11.10.2009. Marathon Scene (13 October 2009). Retrieved 12 April 2010.
^ Ivan Babaryka has won the Championship of Ukraine of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on cross-country^{[permanent dead link‍]}. MKTB Kyiv(2 April 2010). Retrieved 12 April 2010.
^ Jalava, Mirko (12 April 2010). Surprise victory by Babaryka in Pyongyang – Mangyongdae Prize Marathon report. IAAF. Retrieved 12 April 2010.

External links

[1] Babaryka Ivan. IAAF. Retrieved 12 April 2010.

[2] Kurdyumova, Yelena & Porada, Sergey (9 September 2007). Severe weather hampers times, as Ukrainians win at Moscow marathon. IAAF. Retrieved 12 April 2010.

[3] Wenig, Jorg (4 May 2008). Yator and Kraus battle the heat to take the Düsseldorf Marathon – German news round-up. IAAF. Retrieved 12 April 2010.

[4] September 2008 AIMS Results Archived 8 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Association of International Marathons and Distance Races. Retrieved 12 April 2010.

[5] Mainz bleibt Mainz – viermal die Eins Archived 10 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in German). Lauf Report (10 May 2009). Retrieved 12 April 2010.

[6] 3rd Volksbank-Ebingen-Citylauf in Albstadt report + results, 11.10.2009. Marathon Scene (13 October 2009). Retrieved 12 April 2010.

[7] Ivan Babaryka has won the Championship of Ukraine of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on cross-country^{[permanent dead link‍]}. MKTB Kyiv(2 April 2010). Retrieved 12 April 2010.

[8] Jalava, Mirko (12 April 2010). Surprise victory by Babaryka in Pyongyang – Mangyongdae Prize Marathon report. IAAF. Retrieved 12 April 2010.

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