Anton Olehovych Dukach ( uk, Антон Олегович Дукач, born 30 July 1995) is a Ukrainian
luge
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r.
Career
At the
2012 Winter Youth Olympics
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in
Innsbruck
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,
Austria, Anton Dukach finished
4th in boys' singles having lost 0.022 sec to German athlete who was third. He was 7th in
team relay (together with
Stetskiv,
Buryy, and
Lehedza). He was also the
flagbearer
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of Ukraine at the Games.
Dukach's first
World Cup season was the
2012-13 season. As of February 2022, Dukach's best
Luge World Cup
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finish was 15th in the
2019-20 season in
Sigulda
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Overview
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,
Latvia
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, both in singles and sprint races.
Dukach participated at several
World Championships, with his best personal result being 20th in
2021
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.
On 27 December 2017 Dukach qualified for the
2018 Winter Olympics
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. At the Olympics, he finished 23rd in
singles' race and 13th in
team relay (together with
Shkhumova,
Obolonchyk, and
Zakharkiv).
In 2022, Anton Dukach was nominated for his second
Winter Games in
Beijing.
Personal life
Dukach studied
computer security at
Lviv Polytechnic.
His hobbies are football and music.
Career results
Winter Olympics
World Championships
European Championships
Luge World Cup
Rankings
References
External links
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1995 births
Living people
Ukrainian male lugers
Olympic lugers for Ukraine
Lugers at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Lviv