Alla Petrovna Tsuper (; ; ; born 16 April 1979) is a Ukrainian (until 2000) and Belarusian (since 2000) aerial skier.

Career

She was 5th at the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Nagano, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, with some events ...

(representing Ukraine), 9th at the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; ; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), were an international wi ...

, 10th at the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics (), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter O ...

, and 8th at the

2010 Winter Olympics The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Vancouver 2010 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with ...

after reaching the finals of the event by coming first in the qualifying round. At the

2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Opening ro ...

, she finally became the Olympic champion by performing a fairly well executed back full-full-full (three backflips with three twists) while in the super final. After the 2010 Winter Olympics, Tsuper retired from freestyle skiing and had a baby. She returned to competitive freestyle skiing two years later. In Final 2 of the 2014 Olympics, Tsuper finished in the last qualifying position, 0.03 point ahead of the next athlete. In the super final, she flawlessly demonstrated a new jump, whereas all three other competitors fell. Tsuper was trained by Nikolay Kozeko, who, in particular, convinced her to return to competitions in 2012.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tsuper, Alla 1979 births Living people Ukrainian female freestyle skiers Belarusian female freestyle skiers 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 Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic freestyle skiers for Belarus Olympic freestyle skiers for Ukraine Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Belarus Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing Sportspeople from Rivne Ukrainian emigrants to Belarus Naturalized citizens of Belarus