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Oleksandr Tovkai

Ukrainian modern pentathlete (born 1996)

Oleksandr Tovkai

Personal information

Nationality

Ukrainian

Born

(1996-01-27) 27 January 1996 (age 28)
Kyiv, Ukraine

Height

192 cm (6 ft 4 in)

Weight

82 kg (181 lb)

Sport

Country

Ukraine

Sport

Modern pentathlon

Club

Armed Forces of Ukraine

Coached by

Oleh Plaksin, Valeriy Plaksin

Medal record

Representing Ukraine

World Championships
	2024 Zhengzhou	Men's relay

Oleksandr Tovkai (Ukrainian: Олександр Товкай; born 27 January 1996) is a Ukrainian modern pentathlete. He is expected to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics. He competed at the 2023 European Games where he finished 12th in the final, being the only Ukrainian to reach the final, and thus obtained an Olympic quota for the 2024 Games.^[1]^[2]

Together with Maksym Aharushev, Tovkai won a silver medal in men's relay at the 2024 World Championships in Zhengzhou.^[3]

Tovkai studied at the National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport.

References

^ "Олександр Товкай: «Поки що не усвідомлюю, що здобув ліцензію на Олімпіаду. Це була мрія дитинства» (Oleksandr Tovkai: "I still cannot comprehend that I gained an Olympic quota. It was my dream since childhood")". National Olympic Committee of Ukraine. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
^ "Ukraine's Modern Pentathlon Team at the 2023 European Games". National Olympic Committee of Ukraine. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
^ "Військові Олександр Товкай і Максим Агарушев — віцечемпіони світу з сучасного п'ятиборства (Members of military, Oleksandr Tovkai and Maksym Aharushev, are silver medallists of the World Modern Pentathlon Championships)". АрміяInform. Retrieved 14 June 2024.