Roman Hontyuk Explained

Roman Hontyuk
Birth Date:2 February 1984
Country:Ukraine
Weight Class:–81 kg
Worlds Rank:3
Worlds Year:2005
Worlds Weight:Men's 81 kg
Regionals Type:EU
Regionals Rank:9
Regionals Year:2004
Regionals Weight:Men's 81 kg
Olympics Rank:2
Olympics Year:2004
Olympics Weight:Men's 81 kg
Updated:30 May 2023

Roman Volodymyrovych Hontyuk (Ukrainian: Роман Володимирович Гонтюк), also spelled Roman Gontyuk, (born 2 February 1984[1]) is an olympic medalist from Ukraine. He won a silver medal in the half-middleweight (81 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics and bronze medal in the half-middleweight (81 kg) division at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[2] Hontyuk is the Merited Master of Sports of Ukraine.

Olympic Journey at Athens 2004

Hontyuk's Olympic debut started with his match against Adil Belgaid of Morocco, which Hontyuk won. Making his way through the competition, he defeated Reza Chahkhandagh of Iran and world champion Florian Wanner. In the semifinals against Robert Krawczyk of Poland, Roman won by ippon with only 5 seconds left in the match and headed to the final. In the gold medal match against Ilias Iliadis, Ilias defeated Roman by ippon, leaving Hontyuk with the silver medal.

Achievements

Year TournamentPlace Weight class
2008 2008 Summer Olympics3rd Half-middleweight (81 kg)
2008 World Cup Vienna5th Half-middleweight (81 kg)
2008 Super World Cup Tournoi de Paris1st Half-middleweight (81 kg)
2007 Grand Prix Yerevan1st Half-middleweight (81 kg)
2007 World Cup Baku1st Half-middleweight (81 kg)
2007 Super World Cup Rotterdam5th Half-middleweight (81 kg)
2007 2007 World Judo Championships39th Half-middleweight (81 kg)
2006 European Club Cup final Budapest3rd Half-middleweight (81 kg)
2006 World Cup Boras1st Middleweight(90 kg)
2005 2005 World Judo Championships3rd Half-middleweight (81 kg)
2004 World University Championships Moscow3rd Middleweight(90 kg)
2004 2004 Summer Olympics2nd Half-middleweight (81 kg)
2004 A-Tournament Tbilisi2nd Half-middleweight (81 kg)
2004 A-Tournament Budapest2nd Half-middleweight (81 kg)
2003 European Team Championships London3rd Half-middleweight (81 kg)
2003 A-Tournament Warsaw3rd Half-middleweight (81 kg)
2003 Super A-Tournament Moscow3rd Half-middleweight (81 kg)
2002 European Junior Championships Rotterdam1st Half-middleweight (81 kg)
2002 World Junior Championships U20 Jeju Island Korea2nd Half-middleweight (81 kg)
2001 European U20 Championships Budapest1st Half-middleweight (81 kg)
2001 A-Tournament U20 Cetniewo2nd Half-middleweight (81 kg)
2001 A-Tournament Minsk5th Half-middleweight (81 kg)
2000 European Championships Cadets U17 Oradea3rd Half-middleweight (81 kg)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: JudoInside - Roman Gontyuk Judoka . 2024-01-31 . www.judoinside.com.
  2. Web site: 2008-09-07 . Judo Men -81 kg Results Summary - The official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games . 2024-01-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080907213822/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/JU/C74A/JUM081000.shtml . 7 September 2008 .