Nadiya Didenko (born March 7, 1986 in

Ivano-Frankivsk Ivano-Frankivsk ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вськ, translit=Iváno-Frankívśk ), formerly Stanyslaviv ( pl, Stanisławów ; german: Stanislau), is a city located in Western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Ivano-Frankivsk O ...

) is a

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freestyle skier Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics. It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails and ...

, specializing in aerials .FIS Profile – Freestyle
/ref> Didenko competed at the

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and

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for Ukraine. Her best finish came in 2010, placing 13th in the qualifying round of the aerials, failing to advance to the final. In 2006, she placed 8th. As of April 2013, her best showing at the

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is 9th, in

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. Didenko made her

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debut in February 2005. As of April 2013, she has one World Cup podium finish, taking silver at

Bukovel Bukovel is the largest ski resort in Eastern Europe situated in Ukraine, in Nadvirna Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast ( province) of western Ukraine. A part of it is in state property. The resort is located almost on the ridge-lines of the Carpat ...

in 2012/13. Her best World Cup overall finish in aerials is 7th, in 2010/11 and 2012/13.

Performances

World Cup

Podiums

Positions

References

1986 births Living people Olympic freestyle skiers of Ukraine Freestyle skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Ivano-Frankivsk Ukrainian female freestyle skiers {{Ukraine-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub