Parkour World Champion Bohdan Kolmakov treats crowd to daredevil display of gravity-defying sport during University of Bath visit

01 November 2024

Former World Champion Bohdan Kolmakov transformed the University of Bath campus into an urban obstacle course when he treated students and staff to a daredevil display of Parkour.   

Kolmakov leapt from balconies, vaulted over railings, traversed narrow beams and wowed a large crowd with aerial flips from great heights during an exhilarating demonstration of the gravity-defying sport.  

The event took place outside the library on The Parade and was part of a week-long visit to the South West by Kolmakov that was arranged by Friends of Oleksandriya, a charitable association that promotes friendship between Bath and North East Somerset and Oleksandriya and surrounding villages in Ukraine. 

A picture of crowds enjoying a Parkour demonstration at the University of Bath from Ukraine's Bohdan Kolmakov
A big crowd enjoyed the Parkour demonstration from Bohdan Kolmakov. PICTURES: Jakub Knap

Kolmakov – the 2022 World Champion and World Games gold-medallist – also staged workshops for young people at Baskervilles School of Gymnastics during his time in Bath.  

A picture of Ukrainian Parkour athlete Bohdan Kolmakov holding the Ukraine flag with Zhenya Shkil of the Friends of Oleksandriya charitable association
Parkour athlete Bohdan Kolmakov with Zhenya Shkil of the Friends of Oleksandriya charitable association
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