Uladzislau Hancharou
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| Full name | Uladzislau Alehavich Hancharou | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alternative name(s) | Russian: Владислав Олегович Гончаров Vladislav Olegovich Goncharov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Belarus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 December 1995 Vitebsk, Belarus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Trampoline gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Olga Vlasova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Uladzislau Alehavich Hancharou (Belarusian: Уладзіслаў Алегавіч Ганчароў; born 2 December 1995) is a Belarusian male trampoline gymnast. He is the 2016 Olympic champion in men's individual trampoline.[2]
Career
[edit]Hancharou started training trampoline at the age of six.[3] He made his senior debut in 2012 and won a gold medal at the World Cup Trampoline in Sofia. Hancharou competed in his first Worlds at the 2013 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.
In 2014, Hancharou began reaching the podium at numerous World Cup events. He won the individual gold at the 2014 European Championships and bronze in the team event. At the 2014 World Championships in Daytona Beach, United States, he won bronze in individual and silver in synchro.[4]
In 2015, Hancharou won silver medals in individual and synchro at the inaugural European Games, held in Baku, Azerbaijan. He repeated his success at the 2015 World Championships, winning silver medals in men's individual, synchro and bronze in team. In August 2016, he won the Olympic gold medal in men's individual trampoline at the Summer Olympics in Rio. This was the only gold medal won for Belarus at the games.
References
[edit]- ^ Uladzislau Hancharou at the International Gymnastics Federation
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vladislav Goncharov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020.
- ^ "5 questions with: Uladzislau Hancharou (BLR), Men's Trampoline". International Federation of Gymnastics. 1 January 2015.
- ^ "Навіны Беларусі". belarus.by. 10 December 2014.
External links
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Media related to Uladzislau Hancharou at Wikimedia Commons
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Belarusian male trampolinists
- Sportspeople from Vitebsk
- European Games medalists in gymnastics
- Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games
- Gymnasts at the 2019 European Games
- European Games gold medalists for Belarus
- European Games silver medalists for Belarus
- Olympic gymnasts for Belarus
- Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Belarus
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships
- Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Belarusian sportsmen