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Olga Polyuk

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Olga Polyuk
Born (1987-09-15) September 15, 1987 (age 37)
Khmelnytskyi, Ukrainian SSR
World Cup career
Podiums1
Medal record
Women's Freestyle skiing
Representing  Ukraine
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Krasnoe Ozero Aerials
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Airolo Aerials
Updated on January 26, 2022.

Olha Yuryivna Polyuk (Ukrainian: Ольга Юріївна Полюк; born September 15, 1987, in Khmelnytskyi) is a Ukrainian freestyle skier, specializing in aerials. She competed at the 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022 Winter Olympics.

Career

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Polyuk started her international career on February 11, 2006, when she debuted at the European Cup and finished 4th in Minsk. The next day, she achieved the podium at the European Cup in Minsk, finishing 2nd. She competed at two Junior World Championships (in 2006 and 2007), winning bronze medals at both of them.

Polyuk made her World Cup debut on February 25, 2007, in Apex, Canada, where she finished 13th. Her first World Cup podium came during the 2021–22 season on December 10, 2021, in Ruka, Finland. It was also the first World Cup event when two Ukrainian female athletes finished in Top-3 (Anastasiya Novosad was the winner).[1]

She competed at eight World Championships. As of January 2022, her best World Championships result was 7th in 2019.

Polyuk competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics for Ukraine. She placed 20th in the qualifying round of the aerials, failing to advance to the final.[2]

Then she also competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Ukraine. She placed 15th in the qualifying round of the aerials, failing to advance to the final again.[3]

Polyuk was the only Ukrainian in the women's aerials event at the 2018 Winter Olympics. She finished 16th.[4]

In 2022, Olha Polyuk was nominated for her fourth Winter Games in Beijing.[5]

Career results

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Winter Olympics

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Year Place Aerials Team event
2010 Canada Vancouver, Canada 20
2014 Russia Sochi, Russia 15
2018 South Korea Pyeongchang, South Korea 16
2022 China Beijing, China 22

World Championships

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Year Place Aerials Team event
2007 Italy Madonna di Campiglio, Italy 17
2009 Japan Inawashiro, Japan 17
2011 United States Deer Valley, United States 8
2013 Norway Voss, Norway 16
2015 Austria Kreischberg, Austria 15
2017 Spain Sierra Nevada, Spain 15
2019 United States Utah, United States 7
2021 Kazakhstan Shymbulak, Kazakhstan 10

World Cup

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Individual podiums

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Season Place Rank
2021–22 Finland Ruka, Finland 3

Individual rankings

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Season Aerials Overall
2006–07 20 88
2007–08 20 62
2008–09 13 36
2009–10 21 59
2010–11 10 35
2011–12 10 32
2012–13 13 69
2013–14 24 118
2014–15 11 40
2015–16 17 78
2016–17 15 77
2017–18 19 82
2018–19 8 39
2019–20 missed
2020–21 22

European Cup

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Individual podiums

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Season Place Rank
2005–06 Belarus Minsk, Belarus 2
2009–10 Ukraine Bukovel, Ukraine 2
2010–11 Finland Ruka, Finland 3
Ukraine Bukovel, Ukraine 2
Ukraine Bukovel, Ukraine 1
2011–12 Ukraine Bukovel, Ukraine 2
2012–13 Finland Ruka, Finland 2
Finland Ruka, Finland 3
2015–16 Finland Ruka, Finland 2
Finland Ruka, Finland 3
2016–17 Switzerland Airolo, Switzerland 2
Switzerland Airolo, Switzerland 2

Team podiums

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Season Place Rank
2016–17 Switzerland Airolo, Switzerland 3

Nor-Am Cup

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Individual podiums

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Season Place Rank
2008–09 Canada Mont Garibel, Canada 1
2018–19 United States Utah, United States 1
United States Utah, United States 2

References

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  1. ^ "For the first time, two Ukrainian female freestyle skiers won medals at the World Cup stage". Suspilne. December 10, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  2. ^ "Sports Reference Profile". Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  3. ^ "Freestyle skier from Rivne Olha Polyuk will represent Ukraine at the Winter Games in Sochi". sfera-tv.com.ua. February 7, 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  4. ^ "Olha Polyuk from Khmelnytskyi took part at the 2018 Olympics". ye.ua. February 15, 2018. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  5. ^ "Official list of Ukrainian delegation at the 2022 Winter Games was published". Suspilne. January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
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