Oleksandr Obolonchyk

Oleksandr Obolonchyk
Obolonchyk (left) and Roman Zakharkiv in 2017
Personal information
Nationality Ukrainian
Born (1992-01-17) 17 January 1992
Kremenets, Ukraine
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb; 13.1 st)
Sport
Country Ukraine
Sport Luge
Event(s) Doubles

Oleksandr Obolonchyk (born 17 January 1992 in Kremenets) is a Ukrainian luger. He participated at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Career

Obolonczyk started his international career in 2009 competing in singles. He debuted finishing 60th in Igls, Austria, which was his single race in World Cup that year.

In season 2010-11 he participated in 6 out of 9 races and achieved his personal best - 27th in Königssee. Two more seasons he competed in singles but later he switched to doubles. Roman Zakharkiv is since then his partner.

Obolonchyk competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Ukraine. In the doubles he competed with Roman Zakharkiv, finishing 17th. He was also a part of the Ukrainian relay team, which finished 11th.[1][2]

He also 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.[3]

On December 27, 2017, Obolonchyk qualified for 2018 Winter Olympics.[4]

Personal life

Obolonchyk graduated from Lviv State University of Physical Culture. Now he studies at Ternopil State Economics University.

Career results

Winter Olympics

YearEventDoublesRelay
2014Russia Sochi, Russia1711
2018South Korea Pyeongchang, South Korea2013

World Championships

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

European Championships

YearEventSinglesDoublesRelay
2013Germany Oberhof, Germany30
2014Latvia Sigulda, Latvia7
2015Russia Sochi, Russia145
2016Germany Altenberg, Germany18
2017Germany Königssee, Germany178

Luge World Cup

Rankings

SeasonSinglesDoublesDoubles Sprint
2009–1065
2010–1145
2011–1252
2012–1343
2013–1424
2014–1521
2015–1623
2016–172019
2017–18TBDTBD

References

  1. ↑ "Sports Reference Profile".
  2. ↑ "Sochi2014.com profile". March 19, 2014. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014.
  3. ↑ "FIL-luge Biography".
  4. ↑ "П'ятеро санкарів з Галичини вибороли ліцензії на Олімпіаду-2018".
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