Sergey Sergeyevich Ridzik (russian: Сергей Серге́евич Ридзик, born 25 October 1992,

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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 , wint ...

, he won a bronze medal in the

ski cross Ski cross is a skiing competition which incorporates terrain features traditionally found in freestyle skiing with courses which include big-air jumps and high-banked turns. In spite of the fact that it is a timed racing event, it is often con ...

. 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 Bei ...

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 Olympi ...

, 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, 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, and they both fell. Ridzik stood up and finished third, getting the bronze medal (Drury was subsequently disqualified).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ridzik, Sergey 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