Maksym Volodymyrovych Kagal (; 1 December 1991 – 25 March 2022) was a Ukrainian athlete-kickboxer and a soldier.

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

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. He was posthumously awarded Hero of Ukraine.

See also

List of Ukrainian sports figures killed during the Russo-Ukrainian war

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