Yevhen Hlyva

Ukrainian athletics competitor (born 1983)

Evgenii Glyva (Ukrainian: Євген Глива), born 10 November 1983, is a Ukrainian ultra-distance and mountain runner from Sumy, Ukraine, who lives now in Castiglione del Lago, Italy.

Glyva is a trainer of young athletes and he started running long-distances in 2010 quickly achieving international success. His first important result at international level was reached in 2010 with the 4th position at the 100 km del Passatore, in 2011 he won the Notte delle Fiandre. After a couple of year of experience (2012-2013) with good positions in the most important international Ultramarathon and Mountain marathon, his career exploded in 2014 with the victory at the Strasimeno, and the podium at the Wings for Life World Run and the Oman desert marathon. His best year, so far, was 2015 when he won the Swiss Alpine Marathon, and the Kiev Marathon, and he was in the podium of the Strasimeno, the Oman desert marathon, the 50 km di Romagna, the Pistoia-Abetone Ultramarathon and the 7 valleys run ultramarathon (Poland).

In 2016 he confirmed his leadership as ultramarathon and mountain runner with the victory (and race record) at the Strasimeno and the Wings for Life World Run Austria, the second position at the Swiss Alpine Marathon and at the Oman desert marathon, and the third position at the Zermatt Marathon and at the Kiev Marathon.

In 2017 he must temporary stop his activity because the operation to the Achille's tendon which gave him a lot of troubles.

In 2018 he restarted to run and he suddenly was second at the Strasimeno ultramarathon and he won the Al Marmoon ultramarathon.

In 2019 he unfortunately got new health troubles, followed by 2 years of COVID crisis and the war in Ukraine.

In 2023 Evgenii could slowly restart his running activity after moving to Italy. He was second at the Qatar East to West 90 km.

In 2024 he was third at the Maratona di San Valentino (Terni) and he won the Strasimeno ultramarathon.