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VLADYSLAV HETMANENKO

Vladyslav Hetmanenko is a Ukrainian citizen currently living in temporary exile with his mother and grandmother on the island of Crete. At the age of 14, he is an expert chess player, and is always one of the best soccer players on the field, even when playing with adults. During his first year in Greece, he attended a Greek middle school in person, while maintaining his studies online at his hometown school in the city of Dnipro.