Roman Hontyuk

Roman Volodymyrovych Hontyuk (Ukrainian: Роман Володимирович Гонтюк), also spelled Roman Gontyuk, (born 2 February 1984) is an olympic medalist from Ukraine. He won a silver medal in the half-middleweight (‍–‍81 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics and bronze medal in the half-middleweight (‍–‍81 kg) division at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[1] Hontyuk is the Merited Master of Sports of Ukraine.

Roman Hontyuk
Personal information
Born (1984-02-02) 2 February 1984
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryUkraine
SportJudo
Weight class–81 kg
Achievements and titles
World Champ.Bronze (2005)
European Champ.9th (2004)
Olympic GamesSilver (2004)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Ukraine
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens ‍–‍81 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing ‍–‍81 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Cairo ‍–‍81 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Silver medal – second place 2012 Paris ‍–‍90 kg
World Juniors Championships
Silver medal – second place 2002 Jeju ‍–‍81 kg
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Budapest ‍–‍81 kg
Gold medal – first place 2002 Rotterdam ‍–‍81 kg
European Cadet Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Oradea ‍–‍81 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF3066, 52931
JudoInside.com12541
Updated on 30 May 2023.

Olympic Journey at Athens 2004

Hontyuk's Olympic debut started with his match against Adil Belgaid of Morocco, which Hontyuk won. Making his way through the competition, he defeated Reza Chahkhandagh of Iran and world champion Florian Wanner. In the semifinals against Robert Krawczyk of Poland, Roman won by ippon with only 5 seconds left in the match and headed to the final. In the gold medal match against Ilias Iliadis, Ilias defeated Roman by ippon, leaving Hontyuk with the silver medal.

Achievements[2]
YearTournamentPlaceWeight class
20082008 Summer Olympics 3rdHalf-middleweight (81 kg)
2008World Cup Vienna 5thHalf-middleweight (81 kg)
2008Super World Cup Tournoi de Paris 1stHalf-middleweight (81 kg)
2007Grand Prix Yerevan 1stHalf-middleweight (81 kg)
2007World Cup Baku 1stHalf-middleweight (81 kg)
2007Super World Cup Rotterdam 5thHalf-middleweight (81 kg)
20072007 World Judo Championships 39thHalf-middleweight (81 kg)
2006European Club Cup final Budapest 3rdHalf-middleweight (81 kg)
2006World Cup Boras 1stMiddleweight(90 kg)
20052005 World Judo Championships 3rdHalf-middleweight (81 kg)
2004World University Championships Moscow 3rdMiddleweight(90 kg)
20042004 Summer Olympics 2ndHalf-middleweight (81 kg)
2004A-Tournament Tbilisi 2ndHalf-middleweight (81 kg)
2004A-Tournament Budapest 2ndHalf-middleweight (81 kg)
2003European Team Championships London 3rdHalf-middleweight (81 kg)
2003A-Tournament Warsaw 3rdHalf-middleweight (81 kg)
2003Super A-Tournament Moscow 3rdHalf-middleweight (81 kg)
2002European Junior Championships Rotterdam 1stHalf-middleweight (81 kg)
2002World Junior Championships U20 Jeju Island Korea 2ndHalf-middleweight (81 kg)
2001European U20 Championships Budapest 1stHalf-middleweight (81 kg)
2001A-Tournament U20 Cetniewo 2ndHalf-middleweight (81 kg)
2001A-Tournament Minsk 5thHalf-middleweight (81 kg)
2000European Championships Cadets U17 Oradea 3rdHalf-middleweight (81 kg)

References
  1. Results Summary Men -81 kg / Half-Middle Weight
  2. Judoinside Factfile


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