Uladzislau Hancharou

Uladzislau Hancharou
Hancharou on a 2016 stamp
Personal information
Full nameUladzislau Alehavich Hancharou
Alternative name(s)Vladislav Olegovich Goncharov
Born (1995-12-02) 2 December 1995
Vitebsk, Belarus[1]
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineTrampoline gymnastics
Country
represented		 Belarus
Head coach(es)Olga Vlasova
Medal record
Men's trampoline gymnastics
Representing  Belarus
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual
World Championships
2017 Sofia Synchro
2018 St. Petersburg Synchro
2019 Tokyo Team
2014 Daytona Beach Synchro
2015 Odense Individual
2015 Odense Synchro
2019 Tokyo Synchro
2014 Daytona Beach Individual
2015 Odense Team
European Games
2019 Minsk Individual
2015 Baku Individual
2015 Baku Synchro
European Championships
2014 Guimarães Individual
2016 Valladaloid Individual
2016 Valladaloid Synchro
2018 Baku Synchro
2021 Sochi Synchro
2021 Sochi Team
2018 Baku Team
2016 Valladaloid Team
2021 Sochi Individual
2014 Guimarães Team

Uladzislau Alehavich Hancharou (Belarusian: Уладзіслаў Алегавіч Ганчароў; born 2 December 1995) is a Belarusian trampoline gymnast. He is the 2016 Olympic champion in individual trampoline. He is a two-time World champion in synchronized trampoline with partner Aleh Rabtsau. Additionally, at the European level, he is a two-time individual champion and a two-time synchro champion. He also competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and finished fourth in the individual event.

Career

Hancharou started training trampoline gymnastics at the age of six.[2]

2013–2015

Hancharou competed at his first World Championships in 2013 but fell in the individual final and finished eighth.[3] At the 2014 World Championships in Daytona Beach, United States, he finished 14th in the qualification round for the individual event. Then, in the final, he added two points to his difficulty score to win the bronze medal behind Tu Xiao and Dong Dong. He then won a silver medal alongside Mikalai Kazak in the synchro competition, finishing once again behind Tu and Dong.[2][4]

Hancharou won the individual silver medal at the 2015 European Games behind Russia's Dmitry Ushakov.[5] He also won a silver medal in the synchro event alongside Mikalai Kazak.[6] At the 2015 World Championships, he won the silver medal in the individual event behind Gao Lei. He won another silver medal in the synchro event with Kazak. Additionally, Belarus won a bronze medal in the team event.[7]

2016

Despite already being qualified for the Olympic Games, Hancharou competed at the 2016 Olympic Test Event and won the gold medal.[8] He then represented Belarus at the 2016 Summer Olympics and qualified for the individual final in second place, behind Gao Lei. In the final, he won the gold medal ahead of Dong Dong and Gao thanks to his high execution score. In doing so, he ended China's nine-year Olympic and World gold medal-winning streak in men's trampoline and became Belarus's first Olympic champion in trampoline. He was Belarus's first and only gold medalist of the Games.[9][10][11]

2017–2019

At the 2017 World Championships, Hancharou qualified for the individual final in fifth place after hitting the side of the trampoline.[12][13] He hit the trampoline bed again in the final and did not win an individual medal.[14][15] He then competed in the synchro event with Aleh Rabtsau, and they won the gold medal.[16]

Hancharou won the gold medal in the individual event at the 2018 Arosa World Cup.[17] Hancharou and Rabtsau successfully defended their synchro title at the 2018 World Championships. He then finished fourth in the individual event.[18]

Hancharou won the individual event at the 2019 Baku World Cup.[19] He then lost to Russian Mikhail Melnik at the Minsk World Cup.[20] He defeated Melnik in the individual event at the 2019 European Games.[21] He failed to advance to the individual final at the 2019 World Championships due to mistakes in the semi-finals.[22] He did win a silver medal in the synchro event alongside Rabtsau,[23] and Belarus won a gold medal in the team event.[24]

2021

At the 2021 European Championships in Sochi, Russia, he won the gold medal in the team event alongside Ivan Litvinovich, Aleh Rabtsau, and Aliaksei Dudarau.[25] Additionally, Rabtsau and Hancharou won gold in the synchro event, and Hancharou won the silver medal in the individual event, behind Rabtsau.[26] He was the selected to compete at the postponed-2020 Summer Olympics.[27] He qualified for the individual final in second place, behind teammate Litvinovich.[28] He then finished fourth in the final by 0.110 points behind bronze medalist Dylan Schmidt.[29]

Personal life

Hancharou is married to Hanna Hancharova, another Belarusian trampoline gymnast who has won World and European Games medals.[30] They have twin daughters, Miloslava and Olivia, who were born in October 2020.[31][32]

References

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  2. ^ a b "5 questions with: Uladzislau Hancharou (BLR), Men's Trampoline". International Gymnastics Federation. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Belarusian Trampoline trio ready to take on the world in Sofia". International Gymnastics Federation. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
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  8. ^ Etchells, Daniel (17 April 2016). "Hancharou claims trampoline gold at Rio 2016 gymnastics test event as Schmidt earns New Zealand Olympic berth". Inside the Games. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  9. ^ Pavitt, Michael (13 August 2016). "Chinese men's trampoline dominance ended as Hancharou wins Belarus' first gold of Rio 2016". Inside the Games. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  10. ^ "Rio 2016. Uladzislau Hancharou became Olympic champion". National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  11. ^ "Hancharou ends a decade of Chinese supremacy in Trampoline with Olympic gold". Asian Gymnastics Union. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
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  16. ^ "World gold at last for Olympic champion Hancharou". International Gymnastics Federation. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  17. ^ Butler, Nick (7 July 2018). "Belarus and Russia stars on top at FIG Trampoline World Cup". Inside the Games. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  18. ^ "Canada's MacLennan, China's Gao golden as Trampoline Worlds end". International Gymnastics Federation. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  19. ^ Gillen, Nancy (17 February 2019). "Olympic champion Hancharou triumphs at FIG Trampoline World Cup in Baku". Inside the Games. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  20. ^ Morgan, Liam (21 April 2019). "Melnik takes individual gold to deny Olympic champion Hancharou at FIG Trampoline World Cup". Inside the Games. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  21. ^ "Minsk 2019. Uladzislau Hancharou secures gold in trampoline gymnastics at 2nd European Games!". National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  22. ^ "Big crowds hail trampoline world champions in gleaming gymnastics arena". International Olympic Committee. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  23. ^ "Double delight for hosts as Japan claim both Synchro World titles". International Gymnastics Federation. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  24. ^ "Shock and awe for Belarus and Japan on thrilling World Team Finals day". International Gymnastics Federation. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  25. ^ "Russian gymnasts dominate at European Trampoline Championships". International Gymnastics Federation. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  26. ^ "Highlights of #TraSochi2021". European Gymnastics. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  27. ^ "Утвержден состав спортивной делегации на Игры в Токио" [The composition of the sports delegation for the Tokyo Games is approved]. Belarus Olympic Committee (in Russian). 23 June 2021.
  28. ^ "Belarusians Litvinovich, Hancharou lead way into trampoline finals". Reuters. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  29. ^ "Litvinovich's gold gives Belarus back-to-back Trampoline titles". International Gymnastics Federation. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  30. ^ Butler, Nick (6 July 2018). "Husband and wife on top in qualifying at FIG Trampoline World Cup". Inside the Games. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  31. ^ "Hancharou Uladzislau - FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  32. ^ "Year in review part 3: September – December". European Gymnastics. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
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