Roman Repilov

Roman Alexandrovich Repilov (Russian: Роман Александрович Репилов; born 5 March 1996) is a Russian luger.

Roman Repilov
Roman Repilov in 2018
Personal information
Full nameRoman Alexandrovich Repilov
NationalityRussian
Born5 March 1996 (1996-03-05) (age 24)
Dmitrov, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
CountryRussia
SportLuge
Event(s)Singles
Medal record
World Championships
2020 SochiSingles
2020 SochiSprint
2017 IglsSingles
2017 IglsSprint
2017 IglsMixed team
European Championships
2016 AltenbergSingles
2019 OberhofSingles
2016 AltenbergMixed team
2018 SiguldaSingles
2020 LillehammerSingles

Competitive career

Representing Russia at the 2015–16 Luge World Cup, Repilov placed second in the sprint event in Calgary with a time of 30.279.[1] On 2 December 2016, he came in fifth in the Lake Placid event of the Men's Singles 2016-17 Luge World Cup, but set a new Lake Placid track start record of 6.359 seconds.[2] Then later in the same season he triumphed in the men's singles event at Park City, Utah, came in second twice, in Winterberg, Germany and Sigulda, Latvia and won two men's singles sprint events in Park City and Sigulda.

During the 2017-18 Luge World Cup season Repilov triumphed at Lake Placid and in doing so shattered the track record which had just been set first by his teammate Semen Pavlichenko the previous day and then again by the American slider Tucker West in the previous heat of the finals, with a time of 50.875 seconds. Repilov was joined on the podium by Pavlichenko, who took the silver, and West, who took home the bronze.[3][4] Also during the 2017–18 campaign he has won a silver at Altenberg[5] and a bronze at Calgary.[6]

During the 2018–19 Luge World Cup Repilov achieved back to back podium finishes first in placing second in Calgary in the men's singles[7] and then in Lake Placid in successfully defending his 2017–18 triumph there in the men's singles event and also claiming victory in the men's sprint singles event.[8]

Repilov currently resides in Dmitrov.[9] He has a younger brother, Pavel, who is currently competing on youth events.[10]

World Cup podiums
Season Date Location Discipline Place
2015–1619 December 2015 Calgary, CanadaSingles2nd
14 February 2016 Altenberg, GermanySingles2nd
2016–1726 November 2016 Winterberg, GermanySingles2nd
16 December 2016 Park City, United StatesSingles1st
17 December 2016 Park City, United StatesSingles (sprint)2nd
15 January 2017 Sigulda, LatviaSingles2nd
15 January 2017 Sigulda, LatviaSingles (sprint)1st
4 February 2017 OberhofSingles2nd
5 February 2017 OberhofMixed Relay2nd
26 February 2017 Altenberg, GermanySingles1st
26 February 2017 Altenberg, GermanyMixed relay3rd
2017–183 December 2017 Altenberg, GermanySingles2nd
9 December 2017 Calgary, CanadaSingles3rd
16 December 2017 Lake Placid, United StatesSingles1st
21 January 2018 Lillehammer, NorwaySingles2nd
28 January 2018 Sigulda, LatviaSingles3rd
28 January 2018 Sigulda, LatviaSingles (sprint)1st
2018–198 December 2018 Calgary, CanadaSingles2nd
15 December 2018 Lake Placid, United StatesSingles1st
16 December 2018 Lake Placid, United StatesSingles (sprint)1st
9 February 2019 Oberhof, GermanySingles2nd
24 February 2019 Sochi, RussiaSingles2nd
24 February 2019 Sochi, RussiaSingles (sprint)2nd
2019–2024 November 2019 Innsbruck, AustriaSingles2nd
1 December 2019 Lake Placid, United StatesSingles (sprint)1st
13 December 2019 Whistler, CanadaSingles1st
14 December 2019 Whistler, CanadaSingles (sprint)2nd
19 January 2020 Lillehammer, NorwaySingles3rd
26 January 2020 Sigulda, LatviaSingles2nd
1 March 2020 Königssee, GermanySingles3rd

Season titles
  • 5 titles – (2 Singles, 3 Sprint singles)
 Season  Discipline
2017Sprint singles
Singles
2019Sprint singles
2020Sprint singles
Singles

References
  1. "News – Canadian Luge Association". luge.ca. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  2. "Lake Placid's golden boy". Lake Placid News – News and information on the Lake Placid and Essex County region of New York – Lake Placid News. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  3. "Luge World Cup victory never in doubt for Roman Repilov after breaking track record". Eurosport.com. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  4. Reynolds, AP, Tim (15 December 2017). "Russians take gold, silver in luge at Lake Placid". The Washington Post. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  5. "Eggert and Benecken win another World Cup luge doubles race". WTOP.com. 2 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  6. "Loch sets new track record in Calgary win". Eurosport.com. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  7. "Kindl shines again at Luge World Cup in Calgary". insidethegames.biz.
  8. 16 December, The Associated Press ·. "Russian luger Repilov repeats as men's champion at Lake Placid – CBC Sports". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
  9. "Roman Repilov – Player Profile – Luge – Eurosport British". eurosport.co.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  10. Саночник Павел Репилов выиграл V этап юношеского Кубка мира
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