Stanislav Kravchuk (born 25 September 1978 in

Chirchiq Chirchiq, also spelled as Chirchik, (; ) is a district-level city in Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan. It is about 32 km northeast of Tashkent, along the river Chirchiq. Chirchiq lies in the Chatkal Mountains. The population of Chirchiq as of 20 ...

) is an Uzbek-born Ukrainian

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
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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 Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

and

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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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 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

. 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 Sportspeople from Tashkent Region Ukrainian male freestyle skiers {{Ukraine-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub