Aliaksandra Ramanouskaya (born 22 August 1996) is a Belarusian
freestyle skier
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Sports career
Ramanouskaya was born on August 22, 1996, in Minsk. Graduated from the
BSPU. In 2005 she started skiing.
Ramanouskaya competed in the
2018 Winter Olympics
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She participated at the
FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2019, winning a medal. She is also the double gold medalist of the 2019 Winter Universiade in
Krasnoyarsk,
Russia, in jumps and in team acrobatics.
She was chosen Sportswoman of the Year in 2019 in Belarus.
Pressure for political views
Ramanouskaya actively voiced her civil position during the
protests, she signed an open letter of
protests against the
2020 presidential election
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, demanding the authorities to stop the violence and re-run the elections. She also joined (BSSF) and voiced support to all the sportsmen who suffered the crackdown for their political views.
On October 6, 2020, her coach was notified that Ramanouskaya had been fired from the national team for the official reason of truancy. In November 2020 she sold her gold medal and donated the money to the BSSF.
Ramanouskaya was detained by the police on November 10, 2021. The authorities didn't give any information about reasons of the arrest, the police spokesman only disclosed that she was facing administrative charges. The Belarusian Sport Solidarity Foundation publicly announced that the detainment must be regarded to Ramanouskaya's criticism of Belarus President
Alexander Lukashenko. She was later released with a fine of more than €1,000.
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1996 births
Living people
Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Belarusian female freestyle skiers
Olympic freestyle skiers for Belarus
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Belarus
Universiade medalists in freestyle skiing
Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade
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