Oleksandr Obolonchyk

Oleksandr Obolonchyk (born 17 January 1992 in Kremenets) is a Ukrainian luger. He participated at the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics.

Oleksandr Obolonchyk
Obolonchyk in 2017
Personal information
NationalityUkrainian
Born (1992-01-17) 17 January 1992
Kremenets, Ukraine
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb; 13.1 st)
Sport
CountryUkraine
Sport Luge
Event(s)Doubles

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] At that Games he competed together with Roman Zakharkiv and finished 20th in doubles competition and 13th in team relay.

Personal life

Obolonchyk graduated from Lviv State University of Physical Culture. Now he studies at Ternopil State Economics University. His hobbies are computer and music.

Career results

Winter Olympics
YearEventDoublesRelay
2014 Sochi, Russia1711
2018 Pyeongchang, South Korea2013

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

European Championships
YearEventSinglesDoublesRelay
2013 Oberhof, Germany30
2014 Sigulda, Latvia7
2015 Sochi, Russia145
2016 Altenberg, Germany18
2017 Königssee, Germany178
2018 Sigulda, Latvia187

Luge World Cup

Rankings
SeasonSinglesDoublesDoubles Sprint
2009–1065
2010–1145
2011–1252
2012–1343
2013–1424
2014–1521
2015–1623
2016–172019
2017–1823

References
  1. "Sports Reference Profile". Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  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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