PhD in physical education and sport, Associate professor of department of theory and methodology of olympic and professional sport, Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatyuk National Pedagogical University, Ternopil, Ukraine

Publications

Member of the editorial board of the scientific journal “Martial Arts”. I’ve authored and co-author nearly 250 publications in peer-reviewed journals (5 publications in Scopus and Web of Science), 110 conference abstracts, 4 books, monograph and chapter in monograph, 15 training programs, 1 patent.

The supervisor of the master’s thesis of the bronze medalist of the Olympic Games in freestyle wrestling Irina Kolyadenko. I am the supervisor of the master’s theses of the winner of the World and European Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship Mykola Kuchmiy, the winner of the World Championship among Greco-Roman Wrestling Servicemen Zelimkhan Dzigasov, the winner of the European Wrestling Championships Maxim Korzhan.

Areas of Interest

Professional training of specialists in physical culture and sports, theory and methods of sports training, scientific and methodological bases of long-term technical and tactical training in freestyle wrestling.

Brief wrestling biography

Master of Sports of Ukraine in freestyle wrestling (2004), winner of the championship of Ukraine, multiple winner of all-Ukrainian and international wrestling tournaments. Champion of Ukraine, winner of championships of Ukraine in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling among masters (2021).

Organizes and serves freestyle wrestling competitions, as a judge of the national category, is a member of the Freestyle Wrestling Association of Ukraine, Vice President of the Ternopil Regional Freestyle Wrestling Federation. He has trained 12 masters of sports of Ukraine in freestyle wrestling, including prize-winners and champions of Ukraine, all-Ukrainian and international tournaments, the Universiade among higher educational institutions of Ukraine.