Oleksandr Obolonchyk Explained

Oleksandr Obolonchyk
Nationality:	Ukrainian
Birth Date:	1992 1, df=yes
Birth Place:	Kremenets, Ukraine
Weight:	83kg (183lb)
Country:	Ukraine
Sport:	Luge
Event:	Doubles

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

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

Year	Event	Doubles	Relay
			11
			13

World Championships

Year	Event	Doubles	Relay	Doubles Sprint
				21
				25

European Championships

Year	Event	Singles	Doubles	Relay
		30
				7
			14	5
			18
			17	8
			18	7

Luge World Cup

Rankings

Season	Singles	Doubles	Doubles Sprint
	65
	45
	52
	43
		24
		21
		23
		20	19
		23

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sports Reference Profile. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418001130/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ob/oleksandr-obolonchyk-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18.
2. Web site: Sochi2014.com profile . March 19, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140319035245/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-oleksandr-obolonchyk . March 19, 2014.
3. Web site: FIL-luge Biography.
4. Web site: П’ятеро санкарів з Галичини вибороли ліцензії на Олімпіаду-2018.