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.
 Zakharkiv in 2017 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Роман Ярославович Захарків |
| Full name | Roman Yaroslavovych Zakharkiv |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Born | 24 January 1991 Lviv, Ukraine |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Sport |  Luge |
| Event | Doubles |
Career
editZakharkiv 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
editZakharkiv graduated from Lviv State University of Physical Culture.
Career results
editWinter Olympics
edit| Year | Event | Doubles | Relay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 |  Vancouver, Canada |
19 | |
| 2014 |  Sochi, Russia |
17 | 11 |
| 2018 |  Pyeongchang, South Korea |
20 | 13 |
World Championships
edit| Year | Event | Doubles | Relay | Doubles Sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 |  Sigulda, Latvia |
19 | 10 | |
| 2016 |  Königssee, Germany |
DNF | 13 | 21 |
| 2017 |  Innsbruck, Austria |
16 | 13 | 25 |
European Championships
edit| Year | Event | Doubles | Relay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Sigulda, Latvia |
7 | |
| 2015 | Sochi, Russia |
14 | 5 |
| 2016 | Altenberg, Germany |
18 | |
| 2017 | Königssee, Germany |
17 | 8 |
| 2018 | Sigulda, Latvia |
18 | 7 |
Luge World Cup
editRankings
edit| Season | Doubles | Doubles Sprint |
|---|---|---|
| 2007–08 | 29 | |
| 2008–09 | 26 | |
| 2009–10 | 26 | |
| 2010–11 | 27 | |
| 2013–14 | 24 | |
| 2014–15 | 21 | |
| 2015–16 | 23 | |
| 2016–17 | 20 | 19 |
| 2017–18 | 23 |
References
edit- ^ "Oleksandr Obolonchyk". FIL-Luge.org (in German). FIL.
- ^ "П'ятеро санкарів з Галичини вибороли ліцензії на Олімпіаду-2018" [Five sledders from Galicia won licenses for the 2018 Olympics]. zik.ua (in Ukrainian).
External links
edit- Roman Zakharkiv at the International Luge Federation
- Roman Zakharkiv at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Roman Zakharkiv at Olympics.com
- Roman Zakharkiv at Olympic.org (archived)