Roman Zakharkiv
Zakharkiv in 2017
Personal information
Native nameРоман Ярославович Захарків
Full nameRoman Yaroslavovych Zakharkiv
NationalityUkrainian
Born (1991-01-24) 24 January 1991
Lviv, Ukraine
Sport
Country Ukraine
Sport Luge
EventDoubles

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

Career

Zakharkiv 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 27 December 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
2010Canada Vancouver, Canada19
2014Russia Sochi, Russia1711
2018South Korea Pyeongchang, South Korea2013

World Championships

YearEventDoublesRelayDoubles Sprint
2015Latvia Sigulda, Latvia1910
2016Germany Königssee, GermanyDNF1321
2017Austria Innsbruck, Austria161325

European Championships

YearEventDoublesRelay
2014Latvia Sigulda, Latvia7
2015Russia Sochi, Russia145
2016Germany Altenberg, Germany18
2017Germany Königssee, Germany178
2018Latvia 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

References

  1. "Oleksandr Obolonchyk". FIL-Luge.org (in German). FIL.
  2. "П'ятеро санкарів з Галичини вибороли ліцензії на Олімпіаду-2018" [Five sledders from Galicia won licenses for the 2018 Olympics]. zik.ua (in Ukrainian).
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