Roman Zakharkiv

Roman Zakharkiv (born January 24, 1991, in Lviv, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian luger who has competed since 2005. He participated at 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics.

Roman Zakharkiv
Zakharkiv in 2017
Personal information
NationalityUkrainian
Born (1991-01-24) 24 January 1991
Lviv, Ukraine
Sport
CountryUkraine
Sport Luge
Event(s)Doubles

Career

Zakharkiv competes has competed at international level since 2007 with Taras Senkiv. He qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics where he finished 19th in doubles event. After 2010–11 season he missed two years. During his absence he changed his partner. Since then he competes with Oleksandr Obolonchyk.

Zakharkiv competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Ukraine. In the doubles he was 17th. He was also a part of the Ukrainian relay team, which finished 11th.

After 2014 Olympics he became one of Ukrainian national team leaders and since then he participates in all major competitions. He participated in doubles and relay competitions at three World Championships without any great success.

As of January 2018, his best finish is 13th place in Sigulda, Latvia, in 2016-17 season.[1]

On December 27, 2017, Roman Zakharkiv qualified for 2018 Winter Olympics.[2] At that Games he competed together with Oleksandr Obolonchyk and finished 20th in doubles competition and 13th in team relay.

Personal life

Zakharkiv graduated from Lviv State University of Physical Culture.

Career results

Winter Olympics
YearEventDoublesRelay
2010 Vancouver, Canada19
2014 Sochi, Russia1711
2018 Pyeongchang, South Korea2013

World Championships
YearEventDoublesRelayDoubles Sprint
2015 Sigulda, Latvia1910
2016 Königssee, GermanyDNF1321
2017 Innsbruck, Austria161325

European Championships
YearEventDoublesRelay
2014 Sigulda, Latvia7
2015 Sochi, Russia145
2016 Altenberg, Germany18
2017 Königssee, Germany178
2018 Sigulda, Latvia187

Luge World Cup

Rankings
SeasonDoublesDoubles Sprint
2007–0829
2008–0926
2009–1026
2010–1127
2013–1424
2014–1521
2015–1623
2016–172019
2017–1823
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References
  1. "FIL-luge Biography".
  2. "П'ятеро санкарів з Галичини вибороли ліцензії на Олімпіаду-2018".
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