Vitaly Sakharov
Vitaly Sakharov 
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| birthday | 5th November 1990 | ||||||
| place of birth | Lviv, Soviet Union | ||||||
| size | 179 cm | ||||||
| Weight | 70 kg | ||||||
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| discipline | Single seater, double seater | ||||||
| National squad | since 2005 | ||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||
| End of career | 2009 | ||||||
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Vitaly Sakharov ( Ukrainian Віталій Захаров ; born November 5, 1990 in Lemberg ) is a former Ukrainian natural track luge . He drove in a single and double seater and competed in the World Cup as well as in World and European Championships from 2006 to 2009 .
Career
Vitaly Sakharov took part in two single-seater World Cup races for the first time in January 2006 in Kindberg and Olang . With places 37 and 36 he only placed in the bottom field and came in 51st place in the overall World Cup of the 2005/2006 season , tied with Norwegian Kristian Roel . At the 2006 European Championships in Umhausen , he was 41st among 44 starters. At the 2006 Junior World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , Sakharov came 31st in a single-seater and started with Ihor Senjuk for the first time in a doubles-seater. However, the duo was disqualified in the second round.
From the 2006/2007 season , Vitaly Sakharov and Ihor Senjuk took part in two-seater World Cup races together for three years. While they only achieved twelfth and three 15th places in their first winter, they finished four times in the top ten in the next two years, placing them tenth overall in the 2007/2008 season and ninth in the 2008/2009 season occupied. At Junior World and European Championships, they achieved their best result in Longiarü in 2009 when they reached fourth place. In the single-seater, Vitaly Sakharov drove in three World Cup races under the fastest 30 in the 2006/2007 season, with his best result being a 26th place in the penultimate race in Moos in Passeier . In the overall World Cup he achieved 30th place and was the best-placed Ukrainian immediately ahead of his teammate Yevhen Prysjaschnjuk . In the 2007/2008 season he achieved placings between 25th and 27th place in all six World Cup races. The best result, 25th place, he achieved right away in the opening race in Moos in Passeier. He finished the overall World Cup in 29th place, with which he achieved his best overall placement. In the 2008/2009 season Vitaly Sakharov only contested three World Cup races and each he finished in 28th position. At the junior championships his best single-seater results were two 20th places at the junior world championship in 2008 in Olang and the junior European championship in 2009 in Longiarü.
In title fights in the general class, Vitaly Sakharov drove only to 33rd and last place in the single-seater and with Ihor Senjuk in twelfth place in the double-seater at the 2008 European Championships in Olang . Sakharov was not present at the 2007 World Cup because the Ukrainian federation did not send any athletes to Canada's Grande Prairie . At the 2009 World Championships in Moos in Passeier , he finished 31st in the singles and with Senjuk again in twelfth place in the doubles. The double Sakharov / Senjuk started together with Michaela and Georg Maurer as a German-Ukrainian team in the team competition and reached seventh place out of ten teams. After 2009 Vitaly Sakharov did not take part in any international competitions.
Sporting successes
(Two-seater with Ihor Senjuk)
World championships
- Moos in Passeier 2009 : 31st singles, 12th doubles, 7th team
European championships
- Umhausen 2006 : 41st single-seater
- Olang 2008 : 33rd single-seater, 12th double-seater
Junior World Championships
- Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2006 : 31st single-seater
- Latsch 2008 : 20th singles, 7th doubles
Junior European Championships
- St. Sebastian 2007 : 24th single, 9th doubles
- Longiarü 2009 : 20th single, 4th double
World cup
- Twice among the best 30 in the overall single-seater World Cup
- Twice among the top ten in the overall double-seater World Cup
- Twelve top 30 placements in single-seater World Cup races
- Four top 10 placements in two-seater World Cup races
Web links
- Vitaly Sakharov in the database of the International Luge Federation
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Sakharov, Vitaly |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Захаров, Віталій (Ukrainian); Zakharov, Vitaly |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian natural toboggan runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th November 1990 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lviv , Ukrainian SSR |