Bohdana Olehivna Matsotska ( uk, Богдана Олегівна Мацьоцька, also spelled Bogdana, born August 27, 1989) is an

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from

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. She competed for

Ukraine at the 2010 Winter Olympics Ukraine participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Although ahead of the start of the Olympic Games, the Ministry for Affairs of Family, Youth Policy, and Sport expected Ukrainians to win medals in figure sk ...

and was to compete for

Ukraine at the 2014 Winter Olympics Ukraine competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine sent a total of 43 athletes. The women's relay victory gave Ukraine its second Winter Games gold medal ever.

. Her best result was a 37th place in the

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, achieved in 2010. On 19 February 2014 Matsotska refused further participating in the

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

in protest against the violent clashes in Ukrainian's capital Kiev the previous day. She and her father posted a message on

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stating "In solidarity with the fighters on the barricades of the

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, and as a protest against the criminal actions made towards the protesters, the irresponsibility of the

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and his lackey government, we refuse further performance at the Olympic Games in Sochi 2014".

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* * 1989 births Living people Ukrainian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Ukraine Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast 21st-century Ukrainian women {{Ukraine-alpine-skiing-bio-stub