Maksym Kagal
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Born | (1991-12-01)1 December 1991 Kremenchuk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR |
Died | 25 March 2022(2022-03-25) (aged 30) Mariupol, Ukraine |
Maksym Volodymyrovych Kagal (Ukrainian: Максим Володимирович Кагал; 1 December 1991[1] – 25 March 2022[2]) was a Ukrainian athlete-kickboxer and a soldier.[3]
Career
Maskym Kagal was a world champion on the national team of Ukraine and bronze medalist in kickboxing according to ISKA 2014.[4] He was a silver medalist of the open championship of Kremenchuk in rugby-7.[5] Kagal was a bronze medalist in the K-1 section (weight category up to 60 kg).[6]
Death
He served in the Azov Battalion as a senior lieutenant under the call sign "Piston". On 25 March 2022, he was killed defending Mariupol from Russian forces.[7] He was posthumously awarded Hero of Ukraine.[8]
References
- ^ "Окупантів, що ставали на його шляху, — чекала неминуча смерть". armyinform.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ "Чемпион мира по кикбоксингу погиб при обороне Мариуполя". sport.segodnya.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ "Защищая Мариуполь в составе полка "Азов" погиб чемпион мира по кикбоксингу". РБК-Украина (in Russian). Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ Шаховец, Денис. "В бою за Мариуполь погиб чемпион мира по кикбоксингу". СПОРТ.UA (in Russian). Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ "Российские оккупанты убили в Мариуполе чемпиона мира по кикбоксингу Максима Кагала". Вільне радіо. 27 March 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ "Скирта Олег Сергійович". Кафедра Здоров'я людини та фізичної культури (in Ukrainian). 28 September 2020. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ "Maksym Kagal: Kickboxing champion killed defending Mariupol from Russian forces". The Independent. 28 March 2022.
- ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №201/2022" (in Ukrainian). 2 April 2022.
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