Maksym Kagal

Maksym Volodymyrovych Kagal (Ukrainian: Максим Володимирович Кагал; 1 December 1991^[1] – 25 March 2022^[2]) was a Ukrainian athlete-kickboxer and a soldier.^[3]

Maksym Kagal

Kagal with Azov Regiment flag
Personal information
Citizenship	Ukraine
Born	(1991-12-01)1 December 1991 Kremenchuk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Died	25 March 2022(2022-03-25) (aged 30) Mariupol, Ukraine

Career

Maskym Kagal was a world champion on the national team of Ukraine and bronze medalist in kickboxing according to ISKA 2014.^[4] He was a silver medalist of the open championship of Kremenchuk in rugby-7.^[5] Kagal was a bronze medalist in the K-1 section (weight category up to 60 kg).^[6]

Death

He served in the Azov Battalion as a senior lieutenant under the call sign "Piston". On 25 March 2022, he was killed defending Mariupol from Russian forces.^[7] He was posthumously awarded Hero of Ukraine.^[8]