[1] 42nd in FIE rankings before the 2013 World Fencing Championships, he created an upset by defeating successively Peter Joppich, Race Imboden, and Andrea Cassarà.

[1] He lost in the semi-finals by Russia's Artur Akhmatkhuzin and earned a bronze medal.

[1] Hertsyk took part in October in the 2013 World Combat Games, but was defeated in the first round by Imboden, who eventually took the silver medal.

[2] Hertsyk is a student at the Lviv State University of Physical Culture.

He is the grandson of Miroslav Hertsyk, rector of the University and a key instrument in the development of rowing in the Lviv region.