Ukrainian pair skater
Roman Talan Kostenko/Talan at the 2010 Olympics
Full name Roman Serhiiovych Talan Native name Роман Сергійович Талан Born (1988-02-04 ) 4 February 1988 (age 36) Kursk Oblast , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+ 1 ⁄2 in) Country Ukraine Coach Ekaterina Kostenko-Talan Skating club Meteor Dnipropetrovsk Began skating 1992
Roman Serhiiovych Talan (Ukrainian : Роман Сергійович Талан ; born 4 February 1988) is a Ukrainian former competitive pair skater . With Kateryna Kostenko , he is the 2009 Ukrainian national champion and represented Ukraine at the 2010 Winter Olympics .[ 1] He competed with Elizaveta Usmantseva from 2013 to 2014.
Personal life
Roman Talan was born in Kursk Oblast , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union .[ 2] He married Kateryna Kostenko in 2011 and their daughter, also named Kateryna, was born on 25 February 2012.[ 2]
Career
Early in his career, Talan competed with Julia Goreeva. They were the 2005 Ukrainian junior silver medalists and competed twice at the World Junior Championships , finishing 11th in 2006.
Talan teamed up with Kateryna Kostenko when she was 21 years old and he 17.[ 3] Gold medalists at the 2009 Ukrainian Championships, they represented their country at the 2008 and 2009 European Championships , 2010 World Championships , and 2010 Winter Olympics . They ended their competitive career in 2010 and began coaching in Dnipropetrovsk.
In February 2013,[ 4] Talan teamed up with Elizaveta Usmantseva, whom he had coached earlier.[ 5] Usmantseva/Talan made their debut late in the 2012–13 season, at the 2013 Coupe du Printemps . In September 2013, they finished eighth at the 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy , the last qualifying event for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi . Their result gave Ukraine a spot in the Olympic pairs' event but it was assigned to Julia Lavrentieva / Yuri Rudyk .[ 6] They turned down a test skate for the 2014 World Championships in order to treat Usmantseva's spinal disc herniation .[ 4] [ 7]
Usmantseva/Talan were assigned to replace Berton/Hotarek at the 2014 Skate America but later withdrew as well.[ 8] They ended their partnership in December 2014.[ 9]
Programs
With Usmantseva
With Kostenko
With Goreeva
Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix ; CS: Challenger Series (began in the 2014–15 season); JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Usmantseva
With Kostenko
With Goreeva
References
^ [1] Archived January 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
^ a b c "Elizaveta USMANTSEVA / Roman TALAN: 2013/2014" . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 13, 2014.
^ Nikolayenko, Olga (4 October 2010). Костенко и Талан: "Сначала тренеры стыдились с нами работать" [Kostenko and Talan: "At first, coaches were embarrassed to work with us"]. iSport.ua (in Russian). Archived from the original on 21 November 2012.
^ a b Savchik, Anna (17 April 2014). Екатерина КОСТЕНКО: "В Украине о спортсменах вспоминают, когда они приносят медали другим странам". Фигурное катание [Ekaterina Kostenko: "Athletes are ignored in Ukraine until they win medals for other countries"]. Sport Express (in Russian).
^ "Elizaveta USMANTSEVA / Vladislav LYSOY: 2011/2012" . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012.
^ Sytnik, Olga (27 January 2014). Елизавета Усманцева - Роман Талан. Взгляд тренера. [Elizaveta Usmantseva / Roman Talan. Their coach's thoughts.]. skating.com.ua (in Russian).
^ На чемпионат мира в Японию отправится танцевальный дуэт Надежды Фроленковой и Виталия Никифорова [World Championships in Japan]. Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation (in Russian). 1 March 2014. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014.
^ "2014-15 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - Pairs" (PDF) . July 22, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 22, 2014.
^ Украинская пара Усманцева – Талан распалась [Ukrainian pair Usmantseva/Talan split up] (in Russian). Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation. 16 December 2014. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014.
^ "Ekaterina KOSTENKO / Roman TALAN: 2009/2010" . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 11 July 2010.
^ "Ekaterina KOSTENKO / Roman TALAN: 2008/2009" . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 June 2009.
^ "Ekaterina KOSTENKO / Roman TALAN: 2007/2008" . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008.
^ a b "Julia GOREEVA / Roman TALAN: 2005/2006" . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 August 2006.
^ "Julia GOREEVA / Roman TALAN: 2004/2005" . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2005.
^ "Competition Results: Elizaveta USMANTSEVA / Roman TALAN" . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014.
^ a b "Competition Results: Ekaterina KOSTENKO / Roman TALAN" . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012.
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