Roman Volodymyrovych Hontyuk ( uk, Роман Володимирович Гонтюк), also spelled Roman Gontyuk, (born 2 February 1984) is an olympic medalist from
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inva ...
. He won a silver medal in the half-middleweight (81 kg) division at the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
and bronze medal in the half-middleweight (81 kg) division at the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...
in
Beijing
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. Hontyuk is the Merited Master of Sports of Ukraine.
Olympic Journey at Athens 2004
Hontyuk'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
Florian Wanner (born 2 February 1978, in Wolfratshausen, Upper Bavaria) is a German judoka
is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日 ...
. 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 Iliadis ( el, Ηλίας Ηλιάδης, born Jarji Zviadauri, ka, ჯარჯი ზვიადაური, on 10 November 1986) is a Georgian-born Greek judoka. He was named the 2014 Greek Male Athlete of the Year.
He won a gold med ...
, Ilias defeated Roman by ippon, leaving Hontyuk with the silver medal.
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References
External links
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Videos of Roman Gontyuk in action(judovision.org)
1984 births
Living people
People from Nadvirna
Ukrainian male judoka
Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic judoka of Ukraine
Olympic bronze medalists for Ukraine
Olympic silver medalists for Ukraine
Olympic medalists in judo
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Dynamo sports society athletes
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
21st-century Ukrainian people
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