Anton DUKACH

Ukraine

Luge

Date of Birth: 30 Jul 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Place of birth: LVIV

Birth Country:

Ukraine

Residence: LVIV

Residence Country:

Ukraine

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Luge	Men's Singles	22
	Team Relay UKR Ukraine	11

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men's Singles Training Group A Run 1	Finished
After Run 1	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men's Singles Training Group A Run 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men's Singles Training Group A Run 3	Finished
After Run 3	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men's Singles Training Group A Run 4	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men's Singles Training Run 5	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men's Singles Training Run 6	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men's Singles Run 1	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men's Singles Run 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men's Singles Run 3	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Team Relay Training Men	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Team Relay Competition	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
13	Team Relay	2018	PyeongChang, KOR	00:02:31.003
23	Men's Singles	2018	PyeongChang, KOR	00:02:25.498

Youth Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
4	Singles	2012	Innsbruck, AUT	00:01:19.942
7	Team Relay	2012	Innsbruck, AUT	00:02:20.189

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
7	Team Relay	2021	Koenigssee, GER	2:46.152
9	Team Relay	2019	Winterberg, GER	2:27.538
13	Team Relay	2016	Koenigssee, GER	2:53.878
20	Men's Singles	2021	Koenigssee, GER	1:39.324
22	Men's Singles	2019	Winterberg, GER	1:45.452
30	Men's Singles	2016	Koenigssee, GER	51.455
DNF	Men's Singles	2015	Sigulda, LAT

World Cup Rankings
Season	Men's Singles
2021/22	24
2020/21	23
2019/20	29
2018/19	33
2017/18	41
2015/16	33
2014/15	47
2013/14	58
2012/13	55

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location
16	Men's Singles	2021/22	Sochi, RUS
19	Men's Singles	2021/22	Sochi, RUS
20	Men's Singles	2021/22	Sigulda, LAT
21	Men's Singles	2021/22	Altenberg, GER
21	Men's Singles	2021/22	St. Moritz, SUI
26	Men's Singles	2021/22	Oberhof, GER
26	Men's Singles	2021/22	Yanqing, CHN
28	Men's Singles	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT

Hobbies:

Football, music, sunbathing, billiards, movies, table tennis.

Occupation:

Athlete, Sport soldier

Education:

Cybersecurity - Lviv Polytechnic (UKR)

Languages spoken:

Ukrainian, Russian, English

Club name:

Kolos

Coach:

National: Taras Hartsula (UKR), Vladimir Vakhrushev (UKR)
Personal: Dmytro Nekotenev, Ivan Baik

Debut:

2014 World Cup in Calgary (Singles - 21st)

National team:

2013

Start:

Started luge at age 11 when coaches came to his school recruiting new athletes. "At first I refused, but since almost all my classmates and friends, who constantly told me about training, started doing this, I also became interested."

Started off competing at the youth level with doubles partner Pavlo Ternovyy, but switched to singles permanently for the 2012/13 season. (UATV English YouTube, 9 March 2018)

Reason:

The speed. (kp.ua, 20 March 2021)

Ambition:

Win a medal at the Olympic Winter Games, World Championships and European Championships. (UATV English YouTube, 9 March 2018; lpnu.ua, 11 March 2021)

Training:

Trains by doing acrobatics, such as trampoline jumps, somersaults and handstands, in addition to standard weightlifting. In summer, the Ukrainian team primarily trains on the only track in the nation, a wooden run in Kremenets built in the 1830s. (UATV English YouTube, 9 March 2018; kp.ua, 20 March 2021)

Memorable:

Setting a Junior World Cup track record of 52.037 seconds at Winterberg in 2015. (galinfo.com.ua, 7 Aug 2020)

Hero:

Boxer Vasyl Lomachenko (UKR), two-time Olympic gold medallist in featherweight (2008) and lightweight (2012). (Info 2018)

Influence:

His coaches, his relatives, and former Ukrainian luge athlete Andriy Kis. (Info 2018)

Ritual:

Wears the same lucky combat socks, thermals and overalls when he is competing. (UATV English YouTube, 9 March 2018)

Award:

Best Athlete - Lviv (Feb 2021, Dec 2020)
Master of Sports of Ukraine (2013)
Winter Youth Olympic Games Opening Ceremony flagbearer (2012)

Milestones

Finishing 23rd at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games marks the highest finish for any Ukrainian luger in men's singles.

At the Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games, he missed the podium by just 0.022 seconds after a subpar second run in his fourth place singles finish.

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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