Uladzislau Hancharou

Uladzislau Alehavich Hancharou (Belarusian: Уладзіслаў Алегавіч Ганчароў, Łacinka: Uładzisłaŭ Alehavič Hančaroŭ; born 2 December 1995) is a Belarusian male trampoline gymnast. He is the 2016 Olympic champion in men's individual trampoline.[2]

Uladzislau Hancharou
Personal information
Full nameUladzislau Alehavich Hancharou
Alternative name(s)Russian: Владислав Олегович Гончаров
Vladislav Olegovich Goncharov
Country represented Belarus
Born (1995-12-02) 2 December 1995
Vitebsk, Belarus
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
DisciplineTrampoline gymnastics
Head coach(es)Olga Vlasova
Medal record
Men's trampoline gymnastics
Representing  Belarus
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual
World Championships
2017 Sofia Synchro
2018 St. Petersburg Synchro
2019 Tokyo Team
2014 Daytona Beach Synchro
2015 Odense Individual
2015 Odense Synchro
2019 Tokyo Synchro
2014 Daytona Beach Individual
2015 Odense Team
European Games
2019 Minsk Individual
2015 Baku Individual
2015 Baku Synchro
European Championships
2014 Guimarães Individual
2016 Valladaloid Individual
2016 Valladaloid Synchro
2018 Baku Synchro
2018 Baku Team
2016 Valladaloid Team
2014 Guimarães Team

Career

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
  1. Uladzislau Hancharou at the International Gymnastics Federation
  2. 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.
  3. "5 questions with: Uladzislau Hancharou (BLR), Men's Trampoline". International Federation of Gymnastics. 1 January 2015.
  4. "Навіны Беларусі". belarus.by. 10 December 2014.

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