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Oleksandr Obolonchyk

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Oleksandr Obolonchyk
Obolonchyk in 2017
Personal information
NationalityUkrainian
Born (1992-01-17) 17 January 1992 (age 32)
Kremenets, Ukraine
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb; 13.1 st)
Sport
CountryUkraine
Sport Luge
EventDoubles

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

Career

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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

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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

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Winter Olympics

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Year Event Doubles Relay
2014 Russia Sochi, Russia 17 11
2018 South Korea Pyeongchang, South Korea 20 13

World Championships

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Year Event Doubles Relay Doubles Sprint
2015 Latvia Sigulda, Latvia 19 10
2016 Germany Königssee, Germany DNF 13 21
2017 Austria Innsbruck, Austria 16 13 25

European Championships

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Year Event Singles Doubles Relay
2013 Germany Oberhof, Germany 30
2014 Latvia Sigulda, Latvia 7
2015 Russia Sochi, Russia 14 5
2016 Germany Altenberg, Germany 18
2017 Germany Königssee, Germany 17 8
2018 Latvia Sigulda, Latvia 18 7

Luge World Cup

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Rankings

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Season Singles Doubles Doubles Sprint
2009–10 65
2010–11 45
2011–12 52
2012–13 43
2013–14 24
2014–15 21
2015–16 23
2016–17 20 19
2017–18 23

References

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  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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