Olha Yuryivna Polyuk ( uk, Ольга Юріївна Полюк; born September 15, 1987, in

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) is a

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, specializing in aerials. She competed at the

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and

2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ...

Career

Polyuk started her international career on February 11, 2006, when she debuted at the European Cup and finished 4th in

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. 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

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debut on February 25, 2007, in

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, where she finished 13th. Her first World Cup podium came during the 2021–22 season on December 10, 2021, in

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. It was also the first World Cup event when two Ukrainian female athletes finished in Top-3 ( Anastasiya Novosad was the winner). She competed at eight

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

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

for Ukraine. She placed 20th in the qualifying round of the aerials, failing to advance to the final. Then she also competed at 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 ...

for Ukraine. She placed 15th in the qualifying round of the aerials, failing to advance to the final again. Polyuk was the only Ukrainian in the women's aerials event at the

. She finished 16th. In 2022, Olha Polyuk was nominated for her fourth

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Career results

Winter Olympics

World Championships

World Cup

Individual podiums

Individual rankings

European Cup

Individual podiums

Team podiums

Nor-Am Cup

Individual podiums

References

External links

* 1987 births Living people Olympic freestyle skiers of Ukraine Freestyle skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine Ukrainian female freestyle skiers {{Ukraine-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub