We are not just a team. The life of the Sapik Team is much wider than a stadium, treadmill, bike path, swimming pool or any open water. Together we train, work, rest, create new projects, travel.
Sapik Team, as a triathlon team (club) was officially registered in October 2013, although it has existed unofficially since our ideological inspirer and most important Sapik - Danilo Sapunov began to gather around him the same athletes as him, with burning eyes and a huge desire not only to reach sporting heights in their disciplines, but also with an understanding of the need to pass on their vast experience to other athletes, amateurs and professionals.
Today, the Sapik Team consists of 8 coaches, 4 technicians, 1 masseur. Our coaches are participants in Olympiads, European Cup winners, world record holders, World Cup winners, winners of Ukrainian championships. We train together, but with different plans, taking into account all the features and differences. The general management of the team is carried out by Danilo Sapunov.
- Founder and head coach of Sapik Team
- coach in triathlon, OFP, swimming, cycling and athletics
- professional triathlete
- Honored Coach of Ukraine
- more than 20 years in triathlon, more than 400 finishes
Personal achievements
- Silver Winner of the U-23 World Cup
- Champion of Asia (2002-2003, 2007)
- Participant of three Olympic Games (Athens, Beijing, London)
- Winner of Ironman Malaysia 2018
Student achievement:
- contributed and assists each team member in achieving the goals. Under the sensitive guidance of the main "Sapik" - the goals are getting closer
- Sapik Team triathlon coach
- 20 years in sports
- 12 years in triathlon
- coaching experience of 8 years
Personal achievements:
Ironman Kona World Championship 2017, 2019
Ironman 70.3 Nice World Cup 2019
Ukrainian Ironman Championship 70.3 2018
Winner of Ironman 70.3 Pescara, Italy 2016
Winner of Ironman Bolton, England 2016
Winner of Pro Ironman 70.3 Ukrainian Championship 2017
Winner of Ironman 70.3 Gdynia, Poland 2017
Student results:
- prepared 5 IRONMAN finishers,
- 20 half-ironman finishers,
- 1 double-ironman finisher
- half marathon / marathon finishers,
- finishers swam at a distance of 5 to 15 km.
All of them began to engage in triathlon, running and swimming from the level of "beginner"
- Sapik Team triathlon coach
- Ironman University certificate, Training Peaks certificate
- 8 years in sports
- coaching experience of more than 5 years
Personal achievements:
- started practicing at the age of 32 from scratch.
- passed 4 IRONMAN, more than 10 HALF-IRONMA.
- the best time of the full distance is 9:33.
- I have always been an amateur and I compete with amateurs.
Student results:
- Prepared 8 people for full IRONMAN and 12 for HALF-IRONMAN.
The main goal is to make a person healthy and strong for many years. I am constantly looking for new ways of development for my students.
Triathlon is not my job, it is my way of life
The immediate goal is selection on Kona
- Sapik Team coach in triathlon and swimming
- group and individual trainings
- 20 years in sports
- coaching experience of 6 years
Personal achievements
- CMS from Tritlon
- Winner of various swimming competitions
- Silver medalist of the Ukrainian Aquathlon Championship (juniors)
- Silver medalist swim across the Bosphorus (age group)
Student results:
- prepared 6 Ironman finishers
- 10 finishers for Half-Ironman
- 15+ finishers for the marathon
- Extreme Triathlon finishers, various long-distance swims in open water.
- Sapik Team coach in triathlon, athletics and OFP
- trainer of functional training
- in sports for 17 years
- coaching experience of 8 years
Personal achievements
- Champion of European Master Games Torino 2019
- MS in athletics
- CMS in triathlon
- Repeated champion of Ukraine in athletics
- Participant of the World Cup
- Winner of all-Ukrainian triathlon competitions and international marathons
Student results:
- prepared 31 marathon finishers,
-17 of which ran Major Marathons Tokyo, Berlin, New York, Chicago
- more than 50 people ran a half marathon from scratch
- 7 people prepared for IRONMAN 70.3
One world. One dream. Creating history together
- Sapik Team coach in triathlon, swimming, running
- 23 years in sports
- 20 years in triathlon,
- 8 years of coaching
Personal achievements
- Champion of Ukraine
- Master of Sports of Ukraine
- Ex-member of the national team of Ukraine
- Participant of European triathlon championships and cups
- Participant of the world and European triathlon championships.
- Personal Best for 5 km big-15: 35 10 km-31: 40, 21 km-1: 10: 00
Student results:
- prepared 12 IRONMAN finishers,
- 35 half-ironman finishers,
- 1 double-ironman finisher
- Ultra-Trail finishers and ultra-marathons,
- swims at a distance of 1 to 10 km,
- taught more than 60 athletes to swim "from scratch"
Best student results:
- IRONMAN's best result is 8:39
- the best result IRONMAN 70,3- 4:54
- The best result is the ultramarathon 100 km-8: 37
- the best result of the marathon - 2:54
- the best result of the half marathon - 1:19
- Sapik Team swimming coach
- 23 years in sports
- coaching experience over 6 years
Personal achievements
- MS in swimming
- Participant of the Olympic Games in London 2012, World and European Championships
- Multiple champion and winner of Ukrainian championships
- Multiple winner of the Cup of Ukraine
- Winner and prize-winner of international competitions.
- Sapik Team triathlon coach
- group and individual training in athletics, swimming and cycling
- 23 years in sports
- coaching experience of 5 years
Personal achievements
- Participant of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro 2016
- multiple winner and prize-winner of Championships and Cups of Ukraine
- Leader of the Ukrainian rating for 4 years
- World Youth Aquathlon Champion, Auckland 2012
- Silver medalist of the World Aquathlon Championship among the Elite, London 2013
- repeated TOP 6 finisher at the World and European Cups
Student results:
prepared 8 people for IRONMAN Hamburg 140.3, IIRONMAN Turkey 70.3, IRONMAN Barcelona 70.3, IRONMAN Gdynia 70.3, IRONMAN Budapest 70.3, IRONMAN Bukobel 70.3, IronWay 70.3 Kharkiv, Vyshorod 50.5, Lviv 50.5
