Vladyslav Heraskevych

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Mykhailovych and the family name is Heraskevych.
Vladyslav Heraskevych
Heraskevych in 2021
Personal information
Born (1999-01-12) 12 January 1999 (age 25)
Kyiv, Ukraine
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
Country Ukraine
SportSkeleton

Vladyslav Mykhailovych Heraskevych (Ukrainian: Владислав Михайлович Гераскевич; born 12 January 1999) is a Ukrainian skeleton racer who has competed since 2014. He is the first-ever Ukrainian skeleton racer.

Career

His father, Mykhailo Heraskevych, trains Heraskevych. He began competing in 2014. Previously, he tried boxing.

In February 2016, he participated at 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, where he finished 8th.[1] A month earlier, he was 17th at the Junior World Championships in Winterberg, Germany. The following year, he achieved 10th place at the Junior Worlds in Sigulda, Latvia.

On 24 February 2017, he became the first-ever Ukrainian athlete to compete in skeleton at World Championships.[2] He finished 24th at 2017 World Championships in Königssee, Germany.

On 10 November 2017, he debuted in Skeleton World Cup and was 27th in Lake Placid, United States. That season he participated in 7 of 8 races and ranked 24th in World Cup classification.

On 15 January 2018, it was announced that Ukraine received one quota spot for the men's skeleton competition which was the first ever for Ukraine in this sport.[3] At the Olympics, he finished 12th (in the final fourth run he was even 7th) in what was regarded in Ukraine as an enormous success.[4][5] After such a success, Ukrainian Public TV company UA:First started to broadcast Skeleton World Cup for the first time in the history of Ukrainian television.[6]

In the next World Cup season, Heraskevych started very well by finishing 9th in Sigulda, Latvia. But, he wasn't successful at the European Championships, where he failed to qualify for the second run. At the 2019 World Championships, he finished 14th.

Before the Olympic 2021–22 season, Heraskevych showed relatively stable results, reaching twice Top-10 and qualifying for all second runs in the races he took part in. On 31 December 2022, Heraskevych achieved his new World Cup best finish by ranking 6th in Latvian Sigulda.

In 2022, Heraskevych was nominated for his second Winter Games in Beijing.[7] At the Games, he displayed a sign stating "No War in Ukraine" (in reference to the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis), a possible violation of Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter that bans all political displays and demonstrations.[8] The International Olympic Committee (IOC) stated that Heraskevych would not face repercussions for the sign, calling it a "general call for peace".[9]

Four days after the end of the Olympic Games, the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine started. Heraskevych helped deliver food and supplies to the Ukrainian people. [10]

Personal life

Heraskevych graduated from the faculty of physics at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.[11]

Career results

Winter Olympics

Year Event Rank
2018 South Korea Pyeongchang, South Korea 12
2022 China Beijing, China 18

World Championships

Year Event Rank
2017 Germany Königssee, Germany 24
2019 Canada Whistler, Canada 14
2020 Germany Altenberg, Germany 14
2021 Germany Altenberg, Germany 13

European Championships

Year Event Rank
2018 Austria Innsbruck, Austria 15
2019 Austria Innsbruck, Austria 15
2020 Latvia Sigulda, Latvia 11
2021 Germany Winterberg, Germany 11
2022 Switzerland St. Moritz, Switzerland 10

Skeleton World Cup

Rankings

Season Rank Points
2017–18 24 404
2018–19 9 944
2019–20 13 896
2020–21 13 880
2021–22 16 816

Results

Season Place Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2017–18 24th 404 LPL
27 		PAC
13 		WHI
18 		WIN
31 		IGL
27 		ALT
— 		STM
26 		KON
15
2018–19 9th 944 SIG
9 		WIN
17 		ALT
14 		IGL
22 		STM
12 		LPL
12 		CAL
12 		CAL
9
2019–20 13th 896 LPL
12 		LPL
18 		WIN
16 		LAP
8 		INS
17 		KON
11 		STM
16 		SIG
14
2020–21 13th 896 SIG
12 		SIG
9 		INS
14 		INS
11 		WIN
11 		STM
11 		KON
— 		INS
18
2021–22 16th 816 INS
22 		INS
21 		ALT
10 		WIN
19 		ALT
12 		SIG
6 		WIN
25 		STM
11

References

  1. ^ "Владислав Гераскевич - в еліті світового скелетону". National Olympic Committee of Ukraine. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Український скелетоніст вперше виступив на чемпіонаті світу". korrespondent.net. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Гераскевич став першим скелетоністом, який представить Україну на Олімпіаді". Ukrinform. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  4. ^ Debut in skeleton: Heraskevych is 12th
  5. ^ Report from news about Heraskevych's success at the Olympics (Youtube video in Ukrainian)
  6. ^ UA:First's statement regarding Skeleton World Cup broadcast
  7. ^ "Official list of Ukrainian delegation at the 2022 Winter Games was published". Suspilne. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Ukrainian athlete risks Winter Olympics rebuke after anti-war protest". The Guardian. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  9. ^ Porterfield, Carlie (11 February 2022). "IOC Will Not Punish Ukrainian Olympian Over 'No War In Ukraine' Sign". Forbes. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Ukrainian bobsledder helps deliver food, supplies", CBS News, 26 March 2022
  11. ^ "Гераскевич в базі даних abit-poisk.org.ua". abit-poisk.org.ua. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
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