Roman Serhiiovych Talan ( uk, Роман Сергійович Талан; born 4 February 1988) is a
Ukrainian
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* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
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* So ...
former competitive
pair skater
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. With
Kateryna Kostenko, he is the 2009
Ukrainian national champion and represented
Ukraine at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Ukraine participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Although ahead of the start of the Olympic Games, the Ministry for Affairs of Family, Youth Policy, and Sport expected Ukrainians to win medals in figure sk ...
.
He competed with Elizaveta Usmantseva from 2013 to 2014.
Personal life
Roman Talan was born in Kursk Oblast
Kursk Oblast ( rus, Курская область, r=Kurskaya oblast, p=ˈkurskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, ...
, Russian SFSR
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, Soviet Union
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.[ He married Kateryna Kostenko in 2011 and their daughter, also named Kateryna, was born on 25 February 2012.][
]
Career
Early in his career, Talan competed with Julia Goreeva. They were the 2005 Ukrainian junior silver medalists and competed twice at the World Junior Championships, finishing 11th in 2006.
Talan teamed up with Kateryna Kostenko when she was 21 years old and he 17.[ Gold medalists at the 2009 Ukrainian Championships, they represented their country at the 2008 and 2009 ]European Championships
The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...
, 2010 World Championships, and 2010 Winter Olympics
)''
, nations = 82
, athletes = 2,626
, events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, opening = February 12, 2010
, closing = February 28, 2010
, opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean
, cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...
. They ended their competitive career in 2010 and began coaching in Dnipropetrovsk.
In February 2013,[ Talan teamed up with Elizaveta Usmantseva, whom he had coached earlier.][ Usmantseva/Talan made their debut late in the 2012–13 season, at the 2013 ]Coupe du Printemps
The ISU Coupe du Printemps ( French for ''Spring Cup'') is an annual figure skating competition held in March in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg. The competition may include men's singles, ladies' singles, and pairs from senior to novice levels, and re ...
. In September 2013, they finished eighth at the 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy
The 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy was held on September 26–28, 2013 at the Eislaufzentrum Oberstdorf. It is held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany and is named after the Nebelhorn, a nearby mountain. Medals were awarded in men's and ladies' singles, pair ...
, the last qualifying event for 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 ...
in Sochi
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. Their result gave Ukraine a spot in the Olympic pairs' event but it was assigned to Julia Lavrentieva
Julia Lavrentieva ( uk, Юлія Лаврентьєва; born 11 June 1997) is a Ukrainian pair skater
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who p ...
/ Yuri Rudyk.[ They turned down a test skate for the 2014 World Championships in order to treat Usmantseva's ]spinal disc herniation
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.[
Usmantseva/Talan were assigned to replace Berton/Hotarek at the ]2014 Skate America
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but later withdrew as well.[
]
Programs
With Usmantseva
With Kostenko
With Goreeva
Competitive highlights
''GP: Grand Prix
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Grand Prix or grand prix may refer to:
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; CS: Challenger Series (began in the 2014–15 season); JGP: Junior Grand Prix
The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...
''
With Usmantseva
With Kostenko
With Goreeva
References
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Ukrainian male pair skaters
Living people
1988 births
Sportspeople from Kursk Oblast
Olympic figure skaters for Ukraine
Figure skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade