Roman Repilov

Roman Repilov
Roman Repilov in 2018
Personal information
Full nameRoman Alexandrovich Repilov
NationalityRussian
Born5 March 1996 (1996-03-05) (age 28)
Dmitrov, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
CountryRussia Russia
SportLuge
EventSingles
Medal record
Men's luge
Representing  Russia
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Sochi Singles
Gold medal – first place 2020 Sochi Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2017 Igls Singles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Igls Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Igls Team relay
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Altenberg Singles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Oberhof Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Altenberg Team relay
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Sigulda Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Lillehammer Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 St. Moritz Team relay
Representing Russian Luge Federation
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Königssee Singles

Roman Alexandrovich Repilov (Russian: Роман Александрович Репилов; born 5 March 1996) is a Russian luger.

Competitive career

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Representing Russia at the 2015–16 Luge World Cup, Repilov placed second in the sprint event in Calgary with a time of 30.279.[1] On 2 December 2016, he came in fifth in the Lake Placid event of the Men's Singles 2016-17 Luge World Cup, but set a new Lake Placid track start record of 6.359 seconds.[2] Then later in the same season he triumphed in the men's singles event at Park City, Utah, came in second twice, in Winterberg, Germany and Sigulda, Latvia and won two men's singles sprint events in Park City and Sigulda.

During the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season Repilov triumphed at Lake Placid and in doing so shattered the track record which had just been set first by his teammate Semen Pavlichenko the previous day and then again by the American slider Tucker West in the previous heat of the finals, with a time of 50.875 seconds. Repilov was joined on the podium by Pavlichenko, who took the silver, and West, who took home the bronze.[3][4] Also during the 2017–18 campaign he has won a silver at Altenberg[5] and a bronze at Calgary.[6]

During the 2018–19 Luge World Cup Repilov achieved back to back podium finishes first in placing second in Calgary in the men's singles[7] and then in Lake Placid in successfully defending his 2017–18 triumph there in the men's singles event and also claiming victory in the men's sprint singles event.[8]

Repilov currently resides in Dmitrov.[9] He has a younger brother, Pavel, who is currently competing on youth events.[10]

World Cup podiums

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Season Date Location Discipline Place
2015–16 19 December 2015 Canada Calgary, Canada Singles 2nd
14 February 2016 Germany Altenberg, Germany Singles 2nd
2016–17 26 November 2016 Germany Winterberg, Germany Singles 2nd
16 December 2016 United States Park City, United States Singles 1st
17 December 2016 United States Park City, United States Singles (sprint) 2nd
15 January 2017 Latvia Sigulda, Latvia Singles 2nd
15 January 2017 Latvia Sigulda, Latvia Singles (sprint) 1st
4 February 2017 Germany Oberhof Singles 2nd
5 February 2017 Germany Oberhof Mixed Relay 2nd
26 February 2017 Germany Altenberg, Germany Singles 1st
26 February 2017 Germany Altenberg, Germany Mixed relay 3rd
2017–18 3 December 2017 Germany Altenberg, Germany Singles 2nd
9 December 2017 Canada Calgary, Canada Singles 3rd
16 December 2017 United States Lake Placid, United States Singles 1st
21 January 2018 Norway Lillehammer, Norway Singles 2nd
28 January 2018 Latvia Sigulda, Latvia Singles 3rd
28 January 2018 Latvia Sigulda, Latvia Singles (sprint) 1st
2018–19 8 December 2018 Canada Calgary, Canada Singles 2nd
15 December 2018 United States Lake Placid, United States Singles 1st
16 December 2018 United States Lake Placid, United States Singles (sprint) 1st
9 February 2019 Germany Oberhof, Germany Singles 2nd
24 February 2019 Russia Sochi, Russia Singles 2nd
24 February 2019 Russia Sochi, Russia Singles (sprint) 2nd
2019–20 24 November 2019 Austria Innsbruck, Austria Singles 2nd
1 December 2019 United States Lake Placid, United States Singles (sprint) 1st
13 December 2019 Canada Whistler, Canada Singles 1st
14 December 2019 Canada Whistler, Canada Singles (sprint) 2nd
19 January 2020 Norway Lillehammer, Norway Singles 3rd
26 January 2020 Latvia Sigulda, Latvia Singles 2nd
1 March 2020 Germany Königssee, Germany Singles 3rd
2020–21 2 January 2021 Germany Königssee, Germany Singles 2nd
3 January 2021 Germany Königssee, Germany Team Relay 3rd

Season titles

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  • 5 titles – (2 Singles, 3 Sprint singles)
Season Discipline
2017 Sprint singles
Singles
2019 Sprint singles
2020 Sprint singles
Singles

References

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  1. ^ "News – Canadian Luge Association". luge.ca. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Lake Placid's golden boy". Lake Placid News – News and information on the Lake Placid and Essex County region of New York – Lake Placid News. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Luge World Cup victory never in doubt for Roman Repilov after breaking track record". Eurosport.com. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  4. ^ Reynolds, AP, Tim (15 December 2017). "Russians take gold, silver in luge at Lake Placid". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Eggert and Benecken win another World Cup luge doubles race". WTOP.com. 2 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Loch sets new track record in Calgary win". Eurosport.com. 9 December 2017. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Kindl shines again at Luge World Cup in Calgary". insidethegames.biz.
  8. ^ 16 December, The Associated Press ·. "Russian luger Repilov repeats as men's champion at Lake Placid – CBC Sports". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "Roman Repilov – Player Profile – Luge – Eurosport British". eurosport.co.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  10. ^ Саночник Павел Репилов выиграл V этап юношеского Кубка мира
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