Roman Alexandrovich Repilov (; born 5 March 1996) is a Russian luger.
Competitive career Representing Russia at the 2015–16 Luge World Cup, Repilov placed second in the sprint event in Calgary with a time of 30.279. On 2 December 2016, he came in fifth in the Lake Placid event of the Men's Singles 2016-17 Luge World Cup, but set a new Lake Placid track start record of 6.359 seconds. Later in the same season, he triumphed in the men's singles event at Park City, Utah, came in second twice, in Winterberg, Germany and Sigulda, Latvia and won two men's singles sprint events in Park City and Sigulda.
During the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season Repilov triumphed at Lake Placid and in doing so shattered the track record which had just been set first by his teammate Semen Pavlichenko the previous day and again by the American slider Tucker West in the previous heat of the finals, with a time of 50.875 seconds. Repilov was joined on the podium by Pavlichenko, who took the silver, and West, who took home the bronze. Also during the 2017–18 campaign he won a silver at Altenberg and a bronze at Calgary.
During the 2018–19 Luge World Cup Repilov achieved back to back podium finishes first in placing second in Calgary in the men's singles and then in Lake Placid in successfully defending his 2017–18 triumph there in the men's singles event and also claiming victory in the men's sprint singles event.
Repilov currently resides in Dmitrov. He has a younger brother, Pavel, who is currently competing on youth events.Саночник Павел Репилов выиграл V этап юношеского Кубка мира
World Cup podiums SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace 2015–16 19 December 2015 Calgary, Canada Singles 2nd 14 February 2016 Altenberg, Germany Singles 2nd 2016–17 26 November 2016 Winterberg, Germany Singles 2nd 16 December 2016 Park City, United States Singles 1st 17 December 2016 Park City, United States Singles (sprint) 2nd15 January 2017 Sigulda, Latvia Singles 2nd 15 January 2017 Sigulda, Latvia Singles (sprint) 1st4 February 2017 Oberhof Singles 2nd5 February 2017 Oberhof Mixed Relay 2nd 26 February 2017 Altenberg, Germany Singles 1st26 February 2017 Altenberg, Germany Mixed relay 3rd 2017–18 3 December 2017 Altenberg, Germany Singles 2nd9 December 2017 Calgary, Canada Singles 3rd16 December 2017 Lake Placid, United States Singles 1st21 January 2018 Lillehammer, Norway Singles 2nd28 January 2018 Sigulda, Latvia Singles 3rd28 January 2018 Sigulda, Latvia Singles (sprint) 1st 2018–19 8 December 2018 Calgary, Canada Singles 2nd 15 December 2018 Lake Placid, United States Singles 1st 16 December 2018 Lake Placid, United States Singles (sprint) 1st 9 February 2019 Oberhof, Germany Singles 2nd 24 February 2019 Sochi, Russia Singles 2nd 24 February 2019 Sochi, Russia Singles (sprint) 2nd 2019–20 24 November 2019 Innsbruck, Austria Singles 2nd 1 December 2019 Lake Placid, United States Singles (sprint) 1st 13 December 2019 Whistler, Canada Singles 1st 14 December 2019 Whistler, Canada Singles (sprint) 2nd 19 January 2020 Lillehammer, Norway Singles 3rd 26 January 2020 Sigulda, Latvia Singles 2nd 1 March 2020 Königssee, Germany Singles 3rd 2020–21 2 January 2021 Königssee, Germany Singles 2nd 3 January 2021 Königssee, Germany Team Relay 3rd
Season titles 5 titles – (2 Singles, 3 Sprint singles) Season Discipline 2017 Sprint singles Singles 2019 Sprint singles 2020 Sprint singles Singles
References
External links
Profile on the Russian Luge Federation