Career
He also set a personal best time of 2:10:36, by finishing fifth at the 2008 Turin Marathon. Matviychuk represented Ukraine at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men"s marathon, along with his compatriots Oleksandr Kuzin and Oleksandr Sitkovskyy. He successfully finished the race in twenty-seventh place by eight seconds behind Morocco"s Abderrahime Bouramdane, with a time of 2:17:50.
He was one of the subjects of the American documentary film, Spirit of the Marathon II, featuring his unsuccessful attempt to earn a spot in the Ukrainian Olympic team for the 2012 Summer Olympics at the 2012 Rome Marathon.