Lviv resident Viktor Legkodukh won the World Bodybuilding Championship in Spain.
A war veteran from Lviv, Viktor Legkodukh, has become the winner of the international WABBA Mr. & Miss Universe 2026 bodybuilding competition, which took place in Spain. He won first place in the "bodybuilding on wheelchair" category.
The war veteran from Lviv, Viktor Legkodukh, won the international WABBA Mr. & Miss Universe 2026 bodybuilding competition, which took place in Spain. The athlete took first place in the "bodybuilding on wheelchairs" category.
For Viktor Legkodukh, this is his second bodybuilding medal this season. A month ago, he first participated in the WABBA Ukraine bodybuilding championship and won a gold medal.
Viktor Legkodukh defended Ukraine from the very beginning of the Russian aggression in 2014. He fought in the most intense areas for six months, and in August of that year, he sustained a severe gunshot wound to his spine. After the injury, sports became an important part of his life. In 2022, the veteran won gold in the shot put at the "Invictus Games," finished in the London Marathon, and repeatedly participated in events of the "Invictus Games" project.
The victory of Viktor Legkodukh was announced by the Department of Sport, Youth and Tourism of the Lviv Regional Military Administration.