Vladyslav Heraskevych

Vladyslav Mykhailovych Heraskevych (Ukrainian: Владислав Михайлович Гераскевич; born 12 January 1999) is a Ukrainian skeleton racer who has competed since 2014. He is the first-ever Ukrainian skeleton racer.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Mykhailovych and the family name is Heraskevych.
Vladyslav Heraskevych
Heraskevych in 2021
Personal information
Born (1999-01-12) 12 January 1999
Kyiv, Ukraine
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
Country Ukraine
SportSkeleton

Career

His father, Mykhailo Heraskevych, trains Heraskevych. He began competing in 2014. Previously, he tried boxing.

In February 2016, he participated at 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, where he finished 8th.[1] A month earlier, he was 17th at the Junior World Championships in Winterberg, Germany. The following year, he achieved 10th place at the Junior Worlds in Sigulda, Latvia.

On 24 February 2017, he became the first-ever Ukrainian athlete to compete in skeleton at World Championships.[2] He finished 24th at 2017 World Championships in Königssee, Germany.

On 10 November 2017, he debuted in Skeleton World Cup and was 27th in Lake Placid, United States. That season he participated in 7 of 8 races and ranked 24th in World Cup classification.

On 15 January 2018, it was announced that Ukraine received one quota spot for the men's skeleton competition which was the first ever for Ukraine in this sport.[3] At the Olympics, he finished 12th (in the final fourth run he was even 7th) in what was regarded in Ukraine as an enormous success.[4][5] After such a success, Ukrainian Public TV company UA:First started to broadcast Skeleton World Cup for the first time in the history of Ukrainian television.[6]

In the next World Cup season, Heraskevych started very well by finishing 9th in Sigulda, Latvia. But, he wasn't successful at the European Championships, where he failed to qualify for the second run. At the 2019 World Championships, he finished 14th.

Before the Olympic 2021–22 season, Heraskevych showed relatively stable results, reaching twice Top-10 and qualifying for all second runs in the races he took part in. On 31 December 2022, Heraskevych achieved his new World Cup best finish by ranking 6th in Latvian Sigulda.

In 2022, Heraskevych was nominated for his second Winter Games in Beijing.[7] At the Games, he displayed a sign stating "No War in Ukraine" (in reference to the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis), a possible violation of Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter that bans all political displays and demonstrations.[8] The International Olympic Committee (IOC) stated that Heraskevych would not face repercussions for the sign, calling it a "general call for peace".[9]

Four days after the end of the Olympic Games, the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine started. Heraskevych helped deliver food and supplies to the Ukrainian people. [10]

Personal life

Heraskevych graduated from the faculty of physics at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.[11]

Career results

Winter Olympics
YearEventRank
2018South Korea Pyeongchang, South Korea12
2022China Beijing, China18

World Championships
YearEventRank
2017Germany Königssee, Germany24
2019Canada Whistler, Canada14
2020Germany Altenberg, Germany14
2021Germany Altenberg, Germany13

European Championships
YearEventRank
2018Austria Innsbruck, Austria15
2019Austria Innsbruck, Austria15
2020Latvia Sigulda, Latvia11
2021Germany Winterberg, Germany11
2022Switzerland St. Moritz, Switzerland10

Rankings
SeasonRankPoints
2017–1824404
2018–199944
2019–2013896
2020–2113880
2021–2216816

Results
Season Place Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2017–18 24th 404 LPL
27		 PAC
13		 WHI
18		 WIN
31		 IGL
27		 ALT
—		 STM
26		 KON
15
2018–19 9th 944 SIG
9		 WIN
17		 ALT
14		 IGL
22		 STM
12		 LPL
12		 CAL
12		 CAL
9
2019–20 13th 896 LPL
12		 LPL
18		 WIN
16		 LAP
8		 INS
17		 KON
11		 STM
16		 SIG
14
2020–21 13th 896 SIG
12		 SIG
9		 INS
14		 INS
11		 WIN
11		 STM
11		 KON
—		 INS
18
2021–22 16th 816 INS
22		 INS
21		 ALT
10		 WIN
19		 ALT
12		 SIG
6		 WIN
25		 STM
11

References
  1. "Владислав Гераскевич - в еліті світового скелетону". National Olympic Committee of Ukraine. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  2. "Український скелетоніст вперше виступив на чемпіонаті світу". korrespondent.net. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  3. "Гераскевич став першим скелетоністом, який представить Україну на Олімпіаді". Ukrinform. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  4. Debut in skeleton: Heraskevych is 12th
  5. Report from news about Heraskevych's success at the Olympics (Youtube video in Ukrainian)
  6. UA:First's statement regarding Skeleton World Cup broadcast
  7. "Official list of Ukrainian delegation at the 2022 Winter Games was published". Suspilne. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  8. "Ukrainian athlete risks Winter Olympics rebuke after anti-war protest". The Guardian. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  9. Porterfield, Carlie (11 February 2022). "IOC Will Not Punish Ukrainian Olympian Over 'No War In Ukraine' Sign". Forbes. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  10. "Ukrainian bobsledder helps deliver food, supplies", CBS News, 26 March 2022
  11. "Гераскевич в базі даних abit-poisk.org.ua". abit-poisk.org.ua. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
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