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Andriy Mandziy

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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

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]

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 Russia Sochi, Russia 31
2018 South Korea Pyeongchang, South Korea 40
2022 China Beijing, China 27

World Championships

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

European Championships

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