The list of those punished included Anatoly Tymoshchuk, Sergey Karyakin, Kakha Kaladze, Larisa Zhalinskaya, and the Pilipyuks.
The Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine has stripped a number of athletes of their honorary titles due to their actions during the full-scale war of conquest that Russian occupiers continue to wage against our state.
As reported on the website of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the former captain of the Ukrainian national football team Anatoliy Tymoshchuk and chess player Sergey Karyakin were stripped of their titles of “Honored Master of Sports of Ukraine” and “Master of Sports of Ukraine”, and the Georgian former football player of Kyiv “Dynamo” and current mayor of Tbilisi Kakha Kaladze was stripped of “Master of Sports of Ukraine of International Class”.
Rower Larisa Zhalinska, who served in the National Guard and fled to Russia, was stripped of her titles of “Master of Sports of Ukraine of International Class” and “Master of Sports of Ukraine”.
Chernivtsi karateka Yevhen Pylypyuk, who did not return to Ukraine from international competitions in Italy, was stripped of his title of “Master of Sports of Ukraine”, as well as his karateka wife Daria Pylypyuk.
The full list of people who were stripped of their sports titles:
Titles of “Honored Master of Sports of Ukraine”: Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (football), Sergey Karyakin (chess)
Titles “Honored Trainer of Ukraine”: Sergey Stepanenko (cycling)
Titles of “Master of Sports of Ukraine of International Class”: Larisa Zhalinska (academic rowing), Kakha Kaladze (football), Oleg Mosur (Ukrainian belt wrestling), Alexander Oshchepkov (universal combat), Yuri Vasilishin (combat Ju-Jutsu), Mark Boychuk (WAKO kickboxing and taekwondo), Sergey Karyakin (chess), Vladimir Kuruoglu (powerlifting with visual impairments)
The titles of “Master of Sports of Ukraine” : Dmytro Grushchak (biathlon), Vladislav Atamasov (freestyle wrestling), Larisa Zhalinska (rowing), Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (football), Artem Melkumyan, Andrey Stoyan (combat sambo), Darya Pilipyuk, Evgeny Pilipyuk (karate), Alexander Oshchepkov (universal combat), Dmytro Makarov, Timur Kurbankadiev, Artem Melkumyan, Andrey Stoyan (mixed martial arts (MMA)), Tural Ramil ogly Bashirov (kickboxing ICKA), Artem Melkumyan, Andrey Stoyan (combat Ju-Jutsu), Artem Melkumyan (hand-to-hand combat), Darina Korolevich (taekwondo), Alexander Magda (beach soccer), Sergey Karyakin (chess), Vladimir Kuruoglu (powerlifting with visual impairments).
It was previously reported that the manager of the UPL club did not return to Ukraine after training camp abroad.