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Place of Birth: Zhytomyr, Kiev Voivodeship
About Myhaylo Knysh
- Myhaylo Mykolayovych Knysh (Ukrainian: ??????? ??????????? ????; born November 22, 1983 in Zhytomyr) is a Ukrainian sprinter, who specialized in the 400 metres.
- Knysh made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he placed sixth for the national sprint team in the preliminary heats of men's 4 × 400 m relay, with a time of 3:04.01. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Knysh competed for the men's 400 metres this time, as an individual athlete.
- He ran in the seventh heat against seven other athletes, including defending Olympic champion Jeremy Wariner of the United States.
- He finished the race in sixth place by one quarter of a second (0.25) behind Russia's Maksim Dyldin, with a time of 46.28 seconds.
- Knysh, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as he placed thirty-sixth overall and was ranked below three mandatory slots for the next round.
- He also tied his overall position in the heats with Dominican Republic's Arismendy Peguero.
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