Roman Zakharkiv
Introduction '''Roman Yaroslavovych Zakharkiv''' (; born 24 January 1991 in Lviv, Ukraine) 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
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