| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Oleksiy Petrovych Shelest |
| Nationality |  Ukraine |
| Born | 27 March 1973 Sumy, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Race walking |
| Club | Kolos Sumska Oblast |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 10 km walk: 39:50 (2003) 20 km walk: 1:22:40 (2009) 50 km walk: 3:53:46 (2012) |
Oleksiy Petrovych Shelest (Ukrainian: Олексій Петрович Шелест; born March 27, 1973, in Sumy) is a Ukrainian race walker.[1] He is a two-time Olympian and a five-time national champion for the 50 km race walk.
Shelest first competed for the men's 50 km race walk at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he finished the race in thirty-second place, with a time of 4:07:39. He made a comeback from his eight-year absence at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing to race for the second time in 50 km walk, along with his compatriots Serhiy Budza and Oleksiy Kazanin. Shelest improved his performance by finishing twenty-ninth in the event under four minutes, at 3:59:46.[2]
