Stanislav Kravchuk (born September 25, 1978, in

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) is an Uzbek-born

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, specializing in aerials.FIS Profile
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Career

Kravchuk competed at the

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

and

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

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for Ukraine. In 1998, he qualified for the aerials final, ending up 9th. In

, he again qualified for the final, finishing 5th. In

, he placed 13th in the qualifying round, failing to advance to the final. In 2010, he placed 19th in the qualifying round of the aerials event, again failing to advance to the final. As of March 2013, his best showing at the

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is 5th, in

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

. Kravchuk made his

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debut in March 1997. As of March 2013, he has won two World Cup events and finished on the podium twelve times. His two wins came in 2007/08 in

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and 2011/12 in

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. His best World Cup overall finish in aerials is 4th, in 2007/08.

World Cup Podiums

References

1978 births Living people Olympic freestyle skiers for Ukraine Freestyle skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics People from Chirchiq Ukrainian male freestyle skiers {{Ukraine-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub