Roman Zakharkiv

Roman Yaroslavovych Zakharkiv (; born 24 January 1991) is a Ukrainian luger who has competed since 2005. He participated at 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics.

Career Zakharkiv has competed at international level since 2007 with Taras Senkiv. He qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics where he finished 19th in doubles event. After 2010–11 season he missed two years. During his absence he changed his partner. Since then he competes with Oleksandr Obolonchyk.

Zakharkiv competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Ukraine. In the doubles he was 17th. He was also a part of the Ukrainian relay team, which finished 11th.

After 2014 Olympics he became one of Ukrainian national team leaders and since then he participates in all major competitions. He 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.

On 27 December 2017 Roman Zakharkiv qualified for 2018 Winter Olympics. At that Games he competed together with Oleksandr Obolonchyk and finished 20th in doubles competition and 13th in team relay.

Personal life Zakharkiv graduated from Lviv State University of Physical Culture.

Career results Winter Olympics Year Event Doubles Relay 2010 Vancouver, Canada 19 2014 Sochi, Russia 17 11 2018 Pyeongchang, South Korea 20 13

World Championships Year Event Doubles Relay Doubles Sprint 2015 Sigulda, Latvia 19 10 2016 Königssee, Germany DNF 13 21 2017 Innsbruck, Austria 16 13 25 European Championships Year Event Doubles Relay 2014 Sigulda, Latvia 7 2015 Sochi, Russia 14 5 2016 Altenberg, Germany 18 2017 Königssee, Germany 17 8 2018 Sigulda, Latvia 18 7

Luge World Cup Rankings Season Doubles Doubles Sprint 2007–08 29 2008–09 26 2009–10 26 2010–11 27 2013–14 24 2014–15 21 2015–16 23 2016–17 20 19 2017–18 23