Background
Dachniwsky grew up in Ukrainian Village, Chicago. His father, Myron, played for Ukrainian Lions in the National League of Chicago.
Dachniwsky grew up in Ukrainian Village, Chicago. His father, Myron, played for Ukrainian Lions in the National League of Chicago.
Dachniwsky graduated from Gordon Technical High School and attended the University of Illinois at Chicago, playing one year on the Flame’s soccer team
He played part of the 1996 season with the Atlanta Ruckus in the who played professionally in the USL A-League. Dachniwsky’s grandfather Dmytro Dachniwsky played for Ukraina LwóWest In 1984, Dachniwsky worked with the Chicago Sting reserve team, but was not offered a professional contract.
He then played for Chicago Croatian of the National League of Chicago.
In 1985, Dachniwsky signed with the Chicago Shoccers of the American Indoor Association. In 1986, he moved to the Memphis Storm where he spent two seasons.
Dachniwsky moved to the Milwaukee Wave for the 1988-1989 AISA season, then to the Atlanta Attack of the National Professional League in 1989. In 1994, Dachniwsky signed with the Carolina Vipers of the Continental Indoor League.
Midway through the season, he joined the San Diego Sockers.
On August 14, 1994, the Sockers released Dachniwsky. From November 1994 through the first week of August 1996, Dachniwsky played team handball. On August 27, 1996, the Atlanta Ruckus signed Dachniwsky for the remainder of the 1996 A-League season.
He retired at the end of the season.
In November 1994, Dachniwsky attended a trial with the United States national handball team He was elected for the team as it prepared for the 1996 Summer Olympics.
In 1997, the Chicago Fire Club hired Dachniwsky as the Manager of Corporate Sales. On September 25, 2005, Dachniwsky left the Fire to join the Chicago Storm as Vice President of Business Development.
A year later he became the Corporate Alliance Director at Six Flags.
In 2009, he became the Sports Medicine Development Director at Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
He was also a member of the United States national handball team which placed ninth at the 1996 Summer Olympics
He was a member of the 1996 United States. Olympic Team.