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.
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| Born | 2 February 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –81 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games |  (2004) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | 
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| European Champ. | 9th (2004) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| JudoInside.com | 12541 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic Journey at Athens 2004
editHontyuk'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
edit| Year | Tournament[1] | Place | Weight class |
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| 2008 | 2008 Summer Olympics | 3rd | Half-middleweight (81 kg) |
| 2008 | World Cup Vienna | 5th | Half-middleweight (81 kg) |
| 2008 | Super World Cup Tournoi de Paris | 1st | Half-middleweight (81 kg) |
| 2007 | Grand Prix Yerevan | 1st | Half-middleweight (81 kg) |
| 2007 | World Cup Baku | 1st | Half-middleweight (81 kg) |
| 2007 | Super World Cup Rotterdam | 5th | Half-middleweight (81 kg) |
| 2007 | 2007 World Judo Championships | 39th | Half-middleweight (81 kg) |
| 2006 | European Club Cup final Budapest | 3rd | Half-middleweight (81 kg) |
| 2006 | World Cup Boras | 1st | Middleweight(90 kg) |
| 2005 | 2005 World Judo Championships | 3rd | Half-middleweight (81 kg) |
| 2004 | World University Championships Moscow | 3rd | Middleweight(90 kg) |
| 2004 | 2004 Summer Olympics | 2nd | Half-middleweight (81 kg) |
| 2004 | A-Tournament Tbilisi | 2nd | Half-middleweight (81 kg) |
| 2004 | A-Tournament Budapest | 2nd | Half-middleweight (81 kg) |
| 2003 | European Team Championships London | 3rd | Half-middleweight (81 kg) |
| 2003 | A-Tournament Warsaw | 3rd | Half-middleweight (81 kg) |
| 2003 | Super A-Tournament Moscow | 3rd | Half-middleweight (81 kg) |
| 2002 | European Junior Championships Rotterdam | 1st | Half-middleweight (81 kg) |
| 2002 | World Junior Championships U20 Jeju Island Korea | 2nd | Half-middleweight (81 kg) |
| 2001 | European U20 Championships Budapest | 1st | Half-middleweight (81 kg) |
| 2001 | A-Tournament U20 Cetniewo | 2nd | Half-middleweight (81 kg) |
| 2001 | A-Tournament Minsk | 5th | Half-middleweight (81 kg) |
| 2000 | European Championships Cadets U17 Oradea | 3rd | Half-middleweight (81 kg) |
References
edit- ^ a b "JudoInside - Roman Gontyuk Judoka". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ "Judo Men -81 kg Results Summary - The official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games". 7 September 2008. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
External links
edit- Roman Hontyuk at the International Judo Federation
- Roman Hontyuk at the International Judo Federation
- Roman Hontyuk at JudoInside.com
- Roman Hontyuk at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Roman Hontyuk at Olympics.com
- Roman Hontyuk at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Roman Hontyuk at The-Sports.org
- Roman Hontyuk at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Roman Hontyuk on Instagram
