Andriy Vasylyovych Mandziy ( uk, Андрій Васильович Мандзій; born 19 February 1988) is a Ukrainian

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r. He competed at the

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and

2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ...

Career

Mandziy's first World Cup season was the 2008–09 season. He finished in his first World Cup race 46th in Igls, Austria. As of February 2022, Madziy's best personal World Cup finish was 14th during the 2020–21 season in the men's singles event held in

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, Germany. At the

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

, he was 31st in the men's singles event. On December 27, 2017, Mandziy qualified for the

. At the Olympics, he was 40th in the singles' race due to losing control over his luge during the first race. In 2022, Andriy Mandziy was nominated for his third Winter Games in Beijing.

Personal life

Andriy Mandziy graduated from Lviv State University of Physical Culture. He works as a sports instructor. His hobbies are music and sports.

Career results

Winter Olympics

World Championships

European Championships

Luge World Cup

Rankings

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mandziy, Andriy 1988 births Living people People from Kremenets Ukrainian male lugers Lugers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic lugers for Ukraine Sportspeople from Ternopil Oblast