Sergey Sergeyevich Ridzik (russian: Сергей Серге́евич Ридзик, born 25 October 1992,
Monchegorsk
Monchegorsk (russian: Мончего́рск) is a town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Kola Peninsula, south of Murmansk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 52,242 ( 2002 Census); 68,652 ( 1989 Census).
Name
The ...
,
Murmansk Oblast
Murmansk Oblast (russian: Му́рманская о́бласть, p=ˈmurmənskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, r=Murmanskaya oblast, ''Murmanskaya oblast''; Kildin Sami: Мурман е̄ммьне, ''Murman jemm'ne'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of ...
,
Russia
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) is a Russian freestyle skier. Competing for
Independent Olympic Athletes from Russia at the
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 ...
, he won a bronze medal in the
ski cross
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. He replicated this success at the
2022 Winter Olympics
The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...
in Beijing.
Career
Ridzik was an alpine skier but, in 2011, switched to freestyle skiing. He did not qualify for 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 ...
, and after the Olympics was seriously injured and could not compete for several months.
On 15 December 2017, he won a World Cup race in
Montafon
Montafon ( in local dialect: "''Muntafu''") is a 39 km long valley in the westernmost Austrian federal state of Vorarlberg.
It is traversed by the river Ill (Vorarlberg) and extends from the city of Bludenz and the Verwall Alps in the nort ...
, his only World Cup win by the time of the Olympics.
He subsequently qualified for the 2018 Winter Olympics and made it to the big final, where four athletes competed for the medals. In the finals, Ridzik collided with
Kevin Drury
Kevin Drury (born July 20, 1988) is a Canadian freestyle skier who competes internationally.
Career
He represented Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics, where he placed 4th in Men's ski cross.
He is the current World Cup Overall champion. Drury ...
, and they both fell. Ridzik stood up and finished third, getting the bronze medal (Drury was subsequently disqualified).
References
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Living people
Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing
Olympic bronze medalists for Olympic Athletes from Russia
Olympic bronze medalists for the Russian Olympic Committee athletes
Russian male freestyle skiers
1992 births
Olympic freestyle skiers of Russia
Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics
People from Monchegorsk
Sportspeople from Murmansk Oblast