Andriy Vasylyovych Mandziy (Ukrainian: Андрій Васильович Мандзій; born 19 February 1988) is a Ukrainian luger. He competed at the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics.[1]

Andriy Mandziy
Mandziy in 2018
Personal information
NationalityUkrainian
Born (1988-02-19) 19 February 1988 (age 36)
Kremenets, Ukraine
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight96 kg (212 lb; 15.1 st)
Sport
CountryUkraine
Sport Luge
EventMen's singles

Career

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Mandziy's first World Cup season was the 2008–09 season. He finished in his first World Cup race 46th in Igls, Austria. As of February 2022, Madziy's best personal World Cup finish was 14th during the 2020–21 season in the men's singles event held in Winterberg, Germany.[2]

At the 2014 Winter Olympics, he was 31st in the men's singles event.

On December 27, 2017, Mandziy qualified for the 2018 Winter Olympics.[3][4] At the Olympics, he was 40th in the singles' race due to losing control over his luge during the first race.

In 2022, Andriy Mandziy was nominated for his third Winter Games in Beijing.[5]

Personal life

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Andriy Mandziy graduated from Lviv State University of Physical Culture. He works as a sports instructor. His hobbies are music and sports.

Career results

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Winter Olympics

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Year Event Singles Relay
2014   Sochi, Russia 31
2018   Pyeongchang, South Korea 40
2022   Beijing, China 27

World Championships

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Year Event Singles Relay Singles Sprint
2011   Cesana, Italy 27
2012   Altenberg, Germany 31 12
2013   Whistler, Canada 29
2015   Sigulda, Latvia 28 10
2016   Königssee, Germany 27 33
2017   Innsbruck, Austria 30 13 27
2019   Winterberg, Germany 23 27
2021   Königssee, Germany 22 13

European Championships

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Year Event Singles Relay
2010   Sigulda, Latvia 28 5
2013   Oberhof, Germany 27
2015   Sochi, Russia 21 5
2016   Altenberg, Germany 23
2017   Königssee, Germany DNF 8
2018   Sigulda, Latvia 19 7
2019   Oberhof, Germany 23
2020   Lillehammer, Norway 25
2021   Sigulda, Latvia 14 6
2022   St. Moritz, Switzerland 20

Luge World Cup

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Rankings

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Season Singles Singles Sprint
2009–10 48
2010–11 41
2011–12 41
2012–13 41
2013–14 50
2014–15 41
2015–16 40
2016–17 36
2017–18 36
2018–19 32
2019–20 31
2020–21 20 20
2021–22 28

References

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  1. ^ "Sochi 2014 profile". Archived from the original on 2014-02-12. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
  2. ^ "Two lugers from Lviv achieved their best results at the World Cup". galinfo.com.ua. December 21, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  3. ^ "П'ятеро санкарів з Галичини вибороли ліцензії на Олімпіаду-2018". Archived from the original on 2018-01-19. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  4. ^ "Lugers Oleksandr Obolonchyk and Andriy Mandziy will participate in the Winter Olympics". te.20minut.ua. January 18, 2018. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  5. ^ "Official list of Ukrainian delegation at the 2022 Winter Games was published". Suspilne. January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
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