Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukrainian: Дмитро Грабовський, Hebrew: דימיטרי גרבובסקי; 30 September 1985 – 23 January 2017) was a Ukrainian professional road bicycle racer, who last competed for UCI Continental team Jilun Shakeland Cycling Team before his death in 2017.
Personal information | |
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Full name | Dmytro Grabovskyy Дмитро Грабовський |
Born | Simferopol, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | 30 September 1985
Died | 23 January 2017 | (aged 31)
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) |
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Amateur teams | |
2005–2006 | Team Finauto–Quickstep (under-23 satellite team) |
2006 | Quick-Step–Innergetic (stagiaire) |
Professional teams | |
2007–2008 | Quick-Step–Innergetic |
2009–2010 | ISD |
2011 | ISD–Lampre |
2015 | Jilun Shakeland Cycling Team |
Major wins | |
Mountains Classification, Tirreno–Adriatico (2009) |
He was second in the time trial for juniors at the 2005 World Championship Cycling in Madrid and he won the road race. He signed his first professional contract with Quick-Step–Innergetic. After two years he joined ISD in 2009: after two years there he joined ISD-Lampre for 2011, his final year as a professional.[1] He competed in one Grand Tour during his career, the 2009 Giro d'Italia.[2] In a 2010 interview with Gazetta dello Sport he admitted that he had suffered from problems with alcoholism during his period with Quick-Step, to the point where he came close to death from alcohol poisoning on two occasions.[3]
He took up Israeli citizenship in 2015.[3] Grabovskyy died from a heart attack on 23 January 2017.[1]