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{{short description|Ukrainian sprint canoeist}}
{{Infobox sportsperson 
| image = Cheban by Oniskevich cropped.jpg
| caption = Cheban in 2012
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|5 July 1986}}
| birth_place = [[Odesa]], [[Ukrainian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| headercolor = lightsteelblue
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Canoe racing|canoe sprint]]}} 
{{MedalCountry | {{UKR}} }}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalGold|[[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]|[[Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 200 metres|C-1 200 m]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 200 metres|C-1 200 m]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 500 metres|C-1 500 m]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2007 Duisburg]]|C-1 200 m}}
{{MedalGold|[[2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2014 Moscow]]|C-1 200 m}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2006 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2006 Szeged]]|C-1 500 m}} 
{{MedalSilver|[[2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2010 Poznań]]|C-1 4x200 m}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2014 Moscow]]|C-1 4x200 m}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2010 Poznań]]|C-1 200 m}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Canoe Sprint European Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2010 Canoe Sprint European Championships|2010 Trasona]]|C-1 200 m}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2006 Canoe Sprint European Championships|2006 Račice]]|C-1 500 m}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2007 Canoe Sprint European Championships|2007 Pontevedra]]|C-1 200 m}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2008 Canoe Sprint European Championships|2008 Milan]]|C-1 500 m}} 
{{MedalBronze|[[2011 Canoe Sprint European Championships|2011 Belgrade]]|C-1 200 m}} 
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'''Yuriy Volodymyrovych Cheban''' ({{langx|uk|Юрій Володимирович Чебан}}; born 5 July 1986 in [[Odesa]], [[Ukraine]]) is a retired Ukrainian [[Canoe racing|sprint canoeist]]. He is the 2012 and 2016 Olympic champion in C-1 200 metres.

==Career==
In 2003, despite being a year younger than many of his rivals, he was a world junior silver medallist at [[Komatsu, Ishikawa|Komatsu]], Japan in the [[sprint canoe|Canadian canoe]] C-1 1000 m and also finished fourth in the C-1 500 m event. Having won the 2004 European Junior Championships at both the C-1 500 m and C-1 1000 m in [[Poznań]], [[Poland]], Cheban was selected to represent Ukraine in both C-1 events at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]].

Competing against much more experienced canoeists, he placed sixth in his initial heat of the C-1 500 m with a time of 2:00.238, qualifying for the semifinals. In the semifinal, he again placed sixth with a time of 1:53.385, and did not advance to the finals.

In C-1 1000 m, Cheban finished sixth in his heat with a time of 4:00.637. He was disqualified in the semifinal.

In 2005, Cheban and partner [[Petro Kruh]] won the European under-23 C-2 1000 m title in [[Plovdiv]], Bulgaria. At the [[2005 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|senior World Championships]] in [[Zagreb]], Croatia they were the youngest of the C-2 1000 m finalists, placing ninth.

In 2006 Cheban returned to the individual C-1 event and it proved to be his most successful season yet. In July he took the C-1 500 m bronze medal at the 2006 European Championships in [[Račice (Litoměřice District)|Račice]], Czech Republic – his first senior medal. The following month he went one better, winning the silver medal at the [[2006 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|World Championships]] in [[Szeged]]. Cheban would win gold in the C-1 200 m event at the [[2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2007 championships]] in [[Duisburg]].

He won a bronze medal in the [[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 500 metres|C1 500m]] event at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]]. He is a member of the [[Pivdenne, Odesa Oblast|Pivdenne]] club.

At the [[2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2010 championships]], Cheban won two medals with a silver in the C-1 4 × 200 m and a bronze in the C-1 200 m (tied with [[Canada]]'s [[Richard Dalton (canoeist)|Richard Dalton]]).

While at the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Olympics]] in London, he won the C-1 200m event, beating his opponent Ivan Shtyl' from Russia. He succeeded in defending his title four years later at the [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Olympics]], [[Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 200 metres|defeating]] his former teammate, [[Valentin Demyanenko]], who competed for [[Azerbaijan]].

==References==
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105013709/http://canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=2010-01-05 |title=ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 }}
* {{Webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5l9vPO85Y?url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%2042-83%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=2009-11-09 |title=ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007}}
* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/yuriy-cheban-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418000059/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/yuriy-cheban-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18}}

==External links==
* {{Commons-inline|Category:Yuriy Cheban}}
* {{ICF|yuriy-cheban|Juriy Cheban}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|yuriy-cheban}}

{{Footer Olympic Champions Men C-1 200 m}}
{{Footer World Champions Canoe Sprint C-1 200 m Men}}

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