Roman Volodymyrovych Hontyuk (), also spelled Roman Gontyuk, (born 2 February 1984) is an olympic medalist from

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. He won a silver medal in the half-middleweight (81 kg) division at the

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and bronze medal in the half-middleweight (81 kg) division at the

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. 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

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of Iran and world champion

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. In the semifinals against

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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.

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* * * * * 1984 births Living people People from Nadvirna Ukrainian male judoka Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Ukraine Olympic bronze medalists for Ukraine Olympic silver medalists for Ukraine Olympic medalists in judo Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Dynamo Sports Club sportspeople Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast 21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Ukraine-judo-bio-stub