Roman Hontyuk

Personal information
Born	(1984-02-02) 2 February 1984 (age 40)
Occupation	Judoka
Sport
Country	Ukraine
Sport	Judo
Weight class	–81 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	(2004)
World Champ.	(2005)
European Champ.	9th (2004)
Medal record Men's judo Representing  Ukraine Olympic Games 2004 Athens ‍–‍81 kg 2008 Beijing ‍–‍81 kg World Championships 2005 Cairo ‍–‍81 kg IJF Grand Slam 2012 Paris ‍–‍90 kg World Juniors Championships 2002 Jeju ‍–‍81 kg European Junior Championships 2001 Budapest ‍–‍81 kg 2002 Rotterdam ‍–‍81 kg European Cadet Championships 2000 Oradea ‍–‍81 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	3066, 52931
JudoInside.com	12541
Updated on 30 May 2023.

Roman Volodymyrovych Hontyuk (Ukrainian: Роман Володимирович Гонтюк), also spelled Roman Gontyuk, (born 2 February 1984^[1]) is an olympic medalist from Ukraine. He won a silver medal in the half-middleweight (‍–‍81 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics and bronze medal in the half-middleweight (‍–‍81 kg) division at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.^[2] Hontyuk is the Merited Master of Sports of Ukraine.

Olympic Journey at Athens 2004

Hontyuk's Olympic debut started with his match against Adil Belgaid of Morocco, which Hontyuk won. Making his way through the competition, he defeated Reza Chahkhandagh of Iran and world champion Florian Wanner. In the semifinals against Robert Krawczyk of Poland, Roman won by ippon with only 5 seconds left in the match and headed to the final. In the gold medal match against Ilias Iliadis, Ilias defeated Roman by ippon, leaving Hontyuk with the silver medal.

Achievements