Stanislav Horuna

Ukrainian karateka (born 1989)

Stanislav Horuna
Personal information
Native nameСтаніслав Миколайович Горуна
Full nameStanislav Mykolayovych Horuna
National teamUkraine
Citizenship Ukraine
Born (1989-03-01) March 1, 1989 (age 35)
Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Country Ukraine
Sportkarate
Weight class-75 kg
RankHonored master of sport of international class
Club"Union" (Lviv)
Team Ukraine
Coached byAnton Nikulin
Medal record
Men's karate
Representing  Ukraine
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo –75 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Bremen –75 kg
World Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Wrocław –75 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham –75 kg
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk –75 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Poreč –75 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Guadalajara Team kumite
Silver medal – second place 2014 Tampere –75 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 İzmit –75 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 İzmit Team kumite
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Novi Sad –75 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Novi Sad Team kumite
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Guadalajara –75 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Poreč Team kumite

Stanislav Mykolayovych Horuna (Ukrainian: Станіслав Миколайович Горуна) is a Ukrainian athlete (karate) in the category of kumite (75 kg). He was born on March 1, 1989, in Lviv. A bronze medalist of European Championship 2018 in an individual and team category. Silver medalist of European Championship 2014, silver medalist of European Championship 2017 in individual category and bronze medalist in team category in kumite, bronze medalist of World Championship 2014, three-time winner of series of tournaments K1 Premier League (2013, 2014, 2017), six-time champion of Ukraine in karate. Champion of European Games 2019 and Worlds Games 2019. Qualified for Olympic Games in Tokyo (2020) Honoured master of sport of international class. A captain of Ukraine national team. 2nd on voting Athlete of the year 2019 according to IWGA.

Biography

He was born in Lviv, in a family of businessmen. Went to Lviv high school No. 53 with profound learning of English language (from 2007 is a gymnasium "Prestige" with profound learning of foreign languages). In 2011 finished the faculty of law in Lviv National University of Ivan Franco, area of expertise — jurisprudence. Lives in Lviv, practicing lawyer.[1]

Passion for sport showed up in early years: Stanislav visited sessions of Taekwondo, however in age 13 he visited karate practice of Anton Nikulin, after that he fully devoted himself to this kind of martial arts. Soon his younger brother — Yaroslav Horuna started practicing in the Lviv club of sporting karate "Union" and is the champion of Ukraine in karate in category 84 kg[2]

The first and only trainer of Stanislav is Anton Nikulin.

Among the hobbies of the Ukrainian karate athlete are sky diving, snowboarding, tennis.

Stanislav Horuna is one of the characters in online game "KARATE-DO".[3]

As of March 2022, he is a Ukrainian soldier after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.[4]

Ukrainian karateka Stanislav Horuna
Stanislav Horuna on pedistal

Career

Stanislav Horuna became first Ukrainian karate athlete that won a medal in World Championship among adults (bronze, Bremen, 2014). However, ambiguous judging during the fight of Stanislav with Japanese Тані Руічі Tani Ryuichi for reaching the final of Championship caused a discussion, at first the winner of duel was named Stanislav Horuna. But a judicial assembly recalls athletes on tatami and declares the winner of fight and finalist of Championship Japanese athlete. Within the framework of 22-th World Championship in karate this duel is considered most controversial (and, not only on tatami, but also in the political aspect).[5]

Stanislav heads the rating of series of competitions K1 Premier League and declares the winner (Grand Winner) of Premiere-league three times in 2013, 2014 and 2017. The serious injury of knee in 2015 forced one of world leaders in karate to stop training and, accordingly, participating in competitions. In 2017 on K1 Premier League Paris Open 2017 (this premiere league became the most massive in history of competitions (1243 athletes from 78 countries of the world)) Stanislav triumphally returns on the first step of pedestal in France. Conducting 7 fights, Horuna brings the gold medal to Ukraine in the most numerous (140 participants from 42 countries) category.[6]

European Champion

On May 22, 2021, in the final of the European Championship, he defeated the legend of world karate Rafael Aghayev by a ratio of 3: 1, when he kicked his head, coach Anton Nikulin demanded the control of video judges and they recognized three points 6 seconds before the end. For the first time in his career, he became the European Champion in karate - men's kumite -75 kg.

Sport achievements

World Championships

22nd World karate Championship 2014 Bronze (kumite) Bremen (Germany), 2014.

World Cups

K1 World Cup Gold (kumite) Gold (team kumite) Lasko (Slovenia), 2014.

European Championships

56 EKF SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Gold (kumite) Poreč (Croatia), 2021.
54 EKF SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Bronze (kumite) Guadalajara (Spain), 2019.
53 EKF SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Bronze (kumite), Bronze (team kumite) Novi Sad (Serbia), 2018.
52 European Senior Championship Silver (kumite)Bronze (team kumite) Izmit (Turkey), 2017
49 European Senior Championship Silver Tampere (Finland), 2014
European Championship by Regions Bronze Herceg Novi(Montenegro), 2013
European University Championship Gold (kumite), Bronze (team kumite) Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 2011

K1 Premier Leagues

Silver Salzburg (Austria) 2020
Bronze Tokio (Japan) 2019
Gold Rabat (Morocco) 2019
Bronze Paris (France) 2019
Bronze Paris (France) 2018
Gold Paris (France) 2018
Gold Istanbul (Turkey) 2018
Bronze Dubai (OAU) 2018
Bronze Paris (France) 2015
Gold Paris (France) 2014
Gold Dordrecht (Netherlands) 2013
Silver Tyumen (Russia) 2013
Gold Frankfurt (Germany) 2013
Silver Salzburg (Austria) 2012
Bronze Dubai (OAU) 2017

Another competitions

USA open 2011 SILVER
USA open 2012 BRONZE
Wasquehal Open 2010 SILVER
Wasquehal Open 2011 GOLD
Wasquehal Open 2012 GOLD
Wasquehal Open2014 GOLD
Italian Open 2011 GOLD
Dutch Open 2011 SILVER
Dutch Open 2009 BRONZE
Dutch Open 2010 BRONZE
Austrian Open 2009 SILVER
Austrian Open 2011 BRONZE
Qatar Open 2014 BRONZE
1st International karate tournament TOP 10 2013 GOLD(category OPEN)
2nd International karate tournament TOP 10 2014 GOLD(category OPEN)
Super 8 (Croatia Cup 2014) BRONZE (category OPEN)
New York international Open 2015 GOLD

Titles

  • Vice-sportsman of 2019 according to IWGA[7]
  • The best sportsmen of Lviv region in February 2018[8][9]
  • Sportsmen of the year in 2014[10]
  • The best sportsmen of Lviv region in January 2017[11][12]
  • The best sportsmen of Lviv region in July 2017 as a result of achievements on World Games in Wroclaw (first gold medal of this competition in Lviv)[13]
  • Medalist of the Order for Merit, 3rd Class[14]
  • Medalist of the Order for Merit, 2nd Class[15]

Achievements

  • 7th in top-10 best athletes in Ukraine in 2014 according to Ukrainian Sports Press Association[16]
  • 7th in top-10 athletes-nonolympians for 25 years of independency of Ukraine[17]
  • 10th in rating of 10 most important achievements of Ukrainian athletes in 2014[18]

Sources

1. Born to win: Stanislav Horuna and Anton Nikulin about the success on Open-de-Paris 2017 http://karate.ru/news/2017-02-02/rozhdennye-pobezhdat-stanislav-goruna-i-anton-nikulin-paris-2017/

2. Stas Horuna: «Want something bigger — become better!» http://karate.ru/articles/stas-goruna-hochesh-bolshego-stanovis-luchshim/

3. Ukrainian karate athletes won medals of World Championship for the first time http://comments.ua/sport/495298-ukrainskie-karatisti-vpervie-zavoevali.html

4. Ukrainian S. Horuna was the best on World competition in France http://comments.ua/sport/495298-ukrainskie-karatisti-vpervie-zavoevali.html

5. Citizen of Lviv Stanislav Horuna — bronze medalist of WC-2014 in karate http://ns3.for.lviv.ua/novyny/suspilstvo/35453-lviv-ianyn-stanislav-horuna-bronzovyi-pryzer-chs-2014-z-karate[dead link]

6. Stanislav Horuna: the art of power, will and endurance http://zaxid.net/news/showNews.do?stanislav_goruna_mistetstvo_sili_voli_ta_vitrivalosti&objectId=79091

7. Karate athlete from Lviv Stanislav Horuna — winner of international competition. [1]

8. Ukraine's Stanislav Horuna wins Kosovo's TOP 10 for 2nd time https://web.archive.org/web/20151015234756/http://www.karate-news.net/ukraines-stanislav-horuna-wins-kosovos-top-10-for-2nd-time/

9. Citizen of Lviv Stanislav Horuna won historical medal on World Championship in karate http://dailylviv.com/news/sport/lvivyanyn-stanislav-horuna-zdobuv-istorychnu-medal-na-chempionati-svitu-z-karate-12858

References

  1. ^ Замок, Високий (17 February 2017). ""Цілий день працюю в адвокатській конторі. А ввечері біжу на тренування" — Високий Замок". wz.lviv.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  2. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Спортивні сім’ї. Історія львівських каратистів Горун. YouTube.
  3. ^ "Архівована копія". Archived from the original on 17 December 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  4. ^ @CNN (4 March 2022). "Ukrainian Olympic Medalist joins War effort against Russians" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2023 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Set-online".
  7. ^ "IWGA Athlete of the Year 2019".
  8. ^ "2 квітня каратист Станіслав Горуна отримає відзнаку найкращого спортсмена Львівщини у лютому". zik.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
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  • Profile on web-page of Sport Сommittee of Ukraine
  • Profile on web-page of Ukrainian Federation of karate
  • Official Facebook page
  • Horuna Fanpage
  • Profile on Instagram

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