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Oleh Handei
	Handei at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Гандей Олег Володимирович
Nationality	Ukrainian
Born	5 March 1999 (age 25); Kyiv, Ukraine
Sport
Sport	Short track speed skating

Oleh Handei (born March 5, 1999, in Kyiv, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian short track speed skater. He competed in the 500 metres event at the 2022 Winter Olympics where he did not advance from the heat.^[1]

Sporting career

Handei took up the sport in 2009 in his home city Kyiv. Before that, he tried figure skating.^[2]

Handei started his international sporting career in late 2016 when he skated at the World Cup. He debuted during that season at the World Junior Championships. He represented Ukraine in different competitions during the next seasons.

Oleh Handei managed to qualify for his first Winter Games in Beijing based on the performances during the 2021–22 World Cup.^[3]

Results

Winter Olympics

Year	Host	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	Relay	Mixed relay
2022	Beijing, China	26	—	—	—	—

World Championships

Year	Host	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	Allround	Relay
2018	Montreal, Canada	25	26	32	26	—
2019	Sofia, Bulgaria	39	26	38	36	—
2021	Dordrecht, Netherlands	PEN	PEN	29	44	—

European Championships

Year	Host	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	Allround	Relay
2018	Dresden, Germany	29	31	38	30	9
2019	Dordrecht, Netherlands	21	33	PEN	35	10
2020	Debrecen, Hungary	PEN	17	19	24	7
2021	Gdańsk, Poland	PEN	27	PEN	44	—

Personal life

His two-year-older brother Volodymyr is also a short track speed skater who represented Ukraine at both World and European championships. Oleh and Volodymyr took up short track speed skating almost together in 2009.^[4]

Oleh Handei is student at the National University of Physical Education and Sport of Ukraine and studies physical culture.