Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Slipchenko (Ukrainian: Сліпченко Олександр Володимирович) is a Ukrainian coach, Honored Coach of Ukraine, Honored Worker of Physical Culture and Sports of Ukraine, and president of the martial arts association "Combat Self Defense ICO".
Biography He began his coaching career in 1977. He specializes in combat sports, including kickboxing and Thai boxing, and since 2015 has focused on the "Combat Self Defense ICO" discipline.
Among Slipchenko's trainees are 6 Honored Masters of Sport, 23 Masters of Sport of International Class, 35 Masters of Sport of Ukraine, and medalists of world and European championships, including: Dmytro Konstantinov — kickboxing (2007, 2010, 2014, 2015); Andrii Zakharov — Combat Self Defense ICO (2018); Mykyta Diukarev — Combat Self Defense ICO (2007), kickboxing (2025); Denys Denysenko — kickboxing.
Slipchenko's coaching school has representative offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Poland, Spain, Laos, and Vietnam.
Public activity In 2015, Slipchenko and Mykola Zentsev registered the martial arts association "Combat Self Defense ICO" in Ukraine and began developing it; the association became part of the World Sports Association of Martial Arts Combat Self Defense ICO, whose activity began in Great Britain in 2009.
In 2017, the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine recognized and began promoting this discipline as a separate non-Olympic sport.
Since 2020, the "Combat Self Defense ICO" association has held the status of the National Federation of Ukraine for Combat Sports.
Achievements of the Ukrainian national team Ukraine's national team in Combat Self Defense ICO regularly places among the medalists at ICO international competitions.
2016 — European Championship, Rome (Italy) — 1st place 2017 — World Championship, Birmingham (Great Britain) — 3rd place 2018 — World Championship, Rome (Italy) — 2nd place 2019 — World Championship, Motherwell (Scotland) — 3rd place 2021 — European Championship, Zalaegerszeg (Hungary) — 1st place 2022 — World Championship, Nagykanizsa (Hungary) — 2nd placeMukachevo athletes become world champions in Combat Self Defense ICO 2023 — European Championship, Nagykanizsa (Hungary) — 1st place 2023 — World Championship, Hull (Great Britain) — 3rd placeRostyslav Trusov — world champion 2024 — European Championship, Catania (Italy) — 1st place 2024 — World Championship, Frankfurt am Main (Germany) — 2nd placeMinistry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine 2025 — World Championship, Swansea (Great Britain) — 5th placeUkrinform 2026 — European Championship, Lübeck (Germany) — 1st place
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References
External links Official website of the martial arts association "Combat Self Defense ICO" World Combat Self Defense ICO Association