Uladzislau Hancharou

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.

Uladzislau Hancharou
Hancharou on a 2016 stamp
Personal information
Full name	Uladzislau Alehavich Hancharou
Alternative name(s)	Vladislav Olegovich Goncharov
Born	(1995-12-02) 2 December 1995 (age 29) Vitebsk, Belarus[1]
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Trampoline 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

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]