Roman Talan

Roman Talan
Kostenko/Talan at the 2010 Olympics
Personal information
Native name	Роман Сергійович Талан
Full name	Roman Serhiyovych Talan
Country represented	Ukraine
Born	(1988-02-04) 4 February 1988 Kursk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Residence	Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Height
Former partner	Elizaveta Usmantseva, Kateryna Kostenko, Julia Goreeva
Coach	Ekaterina Kostenko-Talan
Former coach	Dmitri Shkidchenko, Viacheslav Tkachenko, Lilia Moshkovskaia, Yuri Suholentsev
Choreographer	Kateryna Kostenko-Talan
Former choreographer	Julia Gorbacheva
Skating club	Meteor Dnepropetrovsk
Began skating	1992
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	141.45 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy
Short program	47.50 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy
Free skate	93.95 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy

Roman Serhiyovych Talan (Ukrainian: Роман Сергійович Талан; born 4 February 1988) is a Ukrainian pair skater. With Kateryna Kostenko, he is the 2009 Ukrainian national champion and represented Ukraine at the 2010 Winter Olympics. He competed with Elizaveta Usmantseva from 2013 to 2014.

Personal life

Roman Talan was born in Kursk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. He married Kateryna Kostenko in 2011 and their daughter, also named Kateryna, was born on 25 February 2012.

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. 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, Talan teamed up with Elizaveta Usmantseva, whom he had coached earlier. 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. They turned down a test skate for the 2014 World Championships in order to treat Usmantseva's spinal disc herniation.

Usmantseva/Talan were assigned to replace Berton/Hotarek at the 2014 Skate America but later withdrew as well. They ended their partnership in December 2014.

Programs

With Usmantseva

Season	Short program	Free skating
2013–2014	A Fistful of Dollars by Ennio Morricone	Dream Catchers

With Kostenko

Season	Short program	Free skating
2009–2010	Carmen by Georges Bizet	Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven
2007–2009	Music by Yanni	Gypsy music medley

With Goreeva

Season	Short program	Free skating
2005–2006	Story About Actor	Chicago (soundtrack) by John Kander and Fred Ebb
2004–2005	Circus Dance Polka	Chicago (soundtrack) by John Kander and Fred Ebb

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series (began in the 2014–15 season); JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Usmantseva

International
Event	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15
GP Skate America			WD
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb			7th
Coupe du Printemps	1st
Nebelhorn Trophy		8th
Ukrainian Open		3rd
National
Ukrainian Championships		2nd
WD = Withdrew

With Kostenko

International
Event	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11
Winter Olympics			20th
World Championships			22nd
European Championships	13th	18th
Cup of Nice			3rd	6th
Golden Spin of Zagreb		3rd
NRW Trophy			5th
Winter Universiade		7th
National
Ukrainian Championships	2nd	1st	2nd	WD
WD = Withdrew

With Goreeva

International
Event	2004–05	2005–06
World Junior Championships	14th	11th
JGP Estonia		4th
JGP Ukraine	7th
National
Ukrainian Championships	2nd J.
J. = Junior level

External links

• Elizaveta Usmantseva / Roman Talan at the International Skating Union
• Ekaterina Kostenko / Roman Talan at the International Skating Union
• Julia Goreeva / Roman Talan at the International Skating Union

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