Pavlo Cherepin

Pavlo Cherepin

Pavlo Cherepin at Saaremaa Rally 2010
Personal information
Nationality	Ukrainian
Born	(1981-09-30) September 30, 1981 (age 35)
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2011 – present
Teams	Ascania Racing, AT Rally, Darnitsa Motorsport
Rallies	32 (WRC2 – 13)
Championships	0
Rally wins	0 (WRC2 - 3)
Podiums	0 (WRC2 - 7)
Stage wins	1 (WRC2 – 52)
Total points	8 (WRC2 - 182)
First rally	2011 Rally Sweden

Pavlo Cherepin (Ukrainian: Павло Черепін; born September 30, 1981 in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union – in present-day Ukraine) is a Ukrainian journalist, TV-commentator, rally co-driver, vice-champion of Ukraine (2010), winner of two rounds of World Rally Championship in WRC-2 (2014).

Pavlo Cherepin's career from the beginning was closely associated with the sport. From 2001 to 2007 he worked as a journalist and TV commentator, created a program "Our football", commented UEFA Champions League, Ukrainian Premier League, UEFA European Championship and FIFA World Cup matches on Ukrainian Inter, Ukrayina, Pershyi Natsionalnyi TV-channels. In 2002 creates the project "ua-football", which became one of the leading online sports media in Ukraine.

From 2005 to 2007, Pavlo Cherepin - Marketing Director of Professional Football League of Ukraine. Since 2008 - a business consultant in the field of sports marketing and online media.

Relationship with motorsports for Pavlo Cherepin started in amateur rally. In 2007 and 2008 he took part in the several rounds of the FAU Rally Cup for production vehicles, acting on its own Subaru Impreza as the first pilot. Cherepin's professional debut occurred at one of the most popular Ukrainian competitions, Yalta Rally. The crew of Gennady Sanchenko and Pavlo Cherepin overcame the entire race distance, and, according to Pavlo, during the race they several times changed driver's and co-driver's role. However, it was not more than the experiment; serious Cherepin's career as rally co-driver began only three years later.