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Mykhailo Brudin

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Mykhailo Brudin
BERJAYA
Personal information
NationalityUkraine
Born (2005-01-03) 3 January 2005 (age 21)
Donetsk, Ukraine
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Discus throw
Achievements and titles
Personal bestDiscus: 61.33m (2023)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing BERJAYA Ukraine
Summer World University Games
Bronze medal – third place2025 BochumDiscus
World U20 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 CaliDiscus
European U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 JerusalemDiscus
European U18 Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 JerusalemDiscus

Mykhailo Brudin (born 3 January 2005) is a Ukrainian discus thrower. He was European age-group champion at under-18 and under-20 level and was a bronze medalist at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships and the 2025 Summer World University Games.[1]

Career

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Brudin was born in Donetsk and represents Donetsk Oblast. Prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he trained in Druzhkivka but later settled in Spain and became a member of Numantino Athletics in La Rioja.[2][3]

He won the gold medal at the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel.[4] He won the bronze medal at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia with a personal best throw of 63.30 metres.[5][6]

He won the silver medal in the U23 category at the 2023 European Throwing Cup in Leiria, Portugal.[7] He won the gold medal at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel, winning by nearly seven metres with a world-leading U20 throw of 66.58 metres.[8][9] He was nominated for the European Athletics Rising Star Award in 2023.[10]

He won the silver medal in the U23 category at the 2024 European Throwing Cup in Leiria, Portugal.[11] He finished fourth at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru with a throw of 61.69 metres.[12][13]

He placed tenth overall at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Madrid, Spain.[14] He placed fourth overall at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway.[15] He won the bronze medal at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany.[16]

Brudin won the U23 discus title at the 2026 European Throwing Cup in Nicosia, Cyprus, on 15 March 2026, taking the lead in the first round with a throw of 56.14 metres before improving to 57.80 m and then 58.55 m.[17]

References

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  1. "Mykhailo Brudin". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  2. "2023 European Junior Championship in athletics: Ukraine wins first gold medal in discus throw". Pravada.com. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  3. "Mykhailo Brudin es campeón de Europa Sub-20". Eldiario.es. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  4. "European Athletics U18 Championships". World Athletics. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  5. "World Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  6. "Super Cali goes ballistic, athletes are precocious". World Athletics. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  7. "Mykhailo Brudin, nominated for European Promising Athlete of the Year". Correnlarioja. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  8. "European Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  9. "Rising Ukrainian discus star Brudin perfecting his craft on and off the track". European Athletics. 15 August 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  10. "Ukrainian discus thrower Mykhailo Brudin nominated for EuroAthletics Rising Star Award". wereukraine.info. 25 September 2023.
  11. Mills, Steven (11 March 2024). "Ukraine tops the medal table at the 2024 European Throwing Cup". European Athletics. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  12. "Fayisa flies to 1500m gold for Ethiopia on day five in Lima". World Athletics. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  13. "World Athletics U20 Championship". World Athletics. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  14. "European Athletics Team Championships First Division". World Athletics. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  15. Broadbent, Chris (18 July 2025). "Richter beats Sosna to lead another German medal sweep in men's discus". European Athletics. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  16. "Gold für Mika Sosna, Silber für Steven Richter". 22 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  17. Mills, Steven (15 March 2026). "Patricia Kamga follows in her sister's footsteps with U23 hammer gold in Nicosia". European Athletics. Retrieved 15 March 2026.