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| Born | March 27, 1992 Chernivtsi, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 400, 800 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800 metres : 1.46.20 [1] 400 metres : 47.16 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taras Bybyk Igorovych (born 27 March 1992) is a Ukrainian male track and field athlete who competes in the 400 metres and 800 metres.
His greatest achievements came in the 2013 season. He won his first national title indoors then finished fifth at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. [2] He won 800 m silver at the European Athletics U23 Championships before representing Ukraine at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics.
Born in Chernivtsi, [3] he competed in age-category events for his country, including the Gymnasiade, World Junior Championships in Athletics and European Athletics Junior Championships. He stopped competing internationally after 2014.
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 2009 | Gymnasiade |  QAT Doha, Qatar | (q) | 400 m | 51.31 |
| 2010 | World Junior Championships |  CAN Moncton, Canada | 4th (h) | 800 m | 1:51.15 |
| 2011 | European Junior Championships |  EST Tallinn, Estonia | (semis) | 800 m | 1:49.25 |
| 2013 | European Indoor Championships |  SWE Gothenburg, Sweden | 5th | 800 m | 1:50.38 |
| European U23 Championships |  FIN Tampere, Finland | 2nd | 800 m | 1:46.20 | |
| 8th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:20.10 | |||
| World Championships |  RUS Moscow, Russia | 38th (h) | 800 m | 1:49.39 |
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