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{{short description|Ukrainian middle-distance track athlete (born 1979)}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{UKR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|2003 Paris]]|1500 m}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics|World Indoor Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2006 Moscow]]|1500 m}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2004 Budapest]]|1500 m}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2006 European Athletics Championships|2006 Gothenburg]]|[[2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres|1500 m]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Indoor Championships in Athletics|European Indoor Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships|2005 Madrid]]|1500 m}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Summer Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold  | [[2005 Summer Universiade|2005 Izmir]] | [[Athletics at the 2005 Summer Universiade|1500 m]] }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Cup in Athletics|IAAF World Cup]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2006 World Cup in Athletics|2006 Athens]]|1500 m}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Athletics Final|World Athletics Final]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2004 IAAF World Athletics Final|2004 Monte Carlo]]|1500 m}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2005 IAAF World Athletics Final|2005 Monte Carlo]]|1500 m}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2003 IAAF World Athletics Final|2003 Monte Carlo]]|1500 m}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[European Cup (athletics)|European Cup]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2006 European Cup (athletics)|2006 Málaga]] | 1500 m}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2006 European Cup (athletics)|2006 Málaga]] | 800 m}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[European Athletics U23 Championships|European U23 Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2001 European Athletics U23 Championships|2001 Amsterdam]]|[[2001 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 1500 metres|1500 m]]}}
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'''Ivan Heshko''' ({{langx|uk|Іван Гешко}}) (born August 19, 1979) is a [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[middle-distance running|middle-distance]] track [[Athletics (sport)|athlete]] who specialized in the [[1500 meters]]. He represented [[Ukraine]] at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] and holds multiple [[Ukrainian records in athletics]].

==Running career==
Heshko started to train at the age of 14. From an early age he had played football and handball, but eventually focused solely on athletics. He achieved his studies at the Teacher's Training College: Kamenets-Podolskiy. A member of an Italian athletic club, he has been trained by [[Georgiy Mironiouk]] since 1992, and has five times been the champion of his country, including a bronze medal in 2003 at the [[2003 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] (Paris/Saint-Denis) and silver in the 1500 m at the [[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships]] in [[Budapest]].

At [[2004 Summer Olympics|Athens 2004]], Heshko finished fifth in [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres|1500 m]]. He also competed in 800 meters, but failed to advance in the semi-finals. His personal best time of 3:30.33 (1500 m), accomplished during the 2004 meeting of Brussel, is also a Ukrainian national record.

In 2005 Heshko won the [[2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships|European Indoor Championships]], the [[2005 Summer Universiade|Summer Universiade]] and the [[2005 IAAF World Athletics Final|World Athletics Final]] and finished fourth at the [[2005 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]. He started the next year by winning the [[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]] in Moscow, comfortably ahead of two Kenyan runners, completing 1500 m in 3:42.08.

In August 2006, Heshko won the silver medal at the [[2006 European Championships in Athletics]] in Gothenburg.

==See also==
*[[Ukraine at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{World Athletics}}

{{Footer World Indoor Champions 1500m Men}}
{{Footer Universiade Champions 1500m Men}}
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[[Category:Ukrainian men middle-distance runners]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Ukraine]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:European Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics alumni]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for Ukraine]]
[[Category:World Athletics Indoor Championships winners]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Chernivtsi Oblast]]
[[Category:Ukrainian Athletics Championships winners]]