Anastasiya Novosad (; born 8 May 1993) is a Ukrainian

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, specializing in aerials. She represented Ukraine at the

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Career

Novosad started her international career in 2010 when she debuted at the European Cup and finished 6th in

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. She competed at two Junior World Championships, finishing 7th in 2012 and winning a silver medal in 2013. Novosad made her

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debut on January 15, 2012, in Mont Garibel,

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, where she finished 12th. Her first victory, which also was her first individual World Cup podium, came on December 10, 2021, in

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. It was also the first World Cup event when two Ukrainian female athletes finished in Top-3 ( Olha Polyuk was 3rd). Novosad competed at the

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for Ukraine, finishing 16th. She missed two seasons (2017–18 and 2018–19) because of pregnancy, so she was not able to qualify for the

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. She successfully returned at the beginning of the 2019-20 season, finishing 3rd at the European Cup stage. In 2022, Anastasiya Novosad was nominated for her second Winter Games in

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. However, she was barred from competitions due to positive COVID-19 tests.Олімпіада-2022: Командні змагання з фристайлу, до яких не допустили Україну, завершилися сенсацією

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, 10 February 2022 (in Ukrainian).

Career results

Winter Olympics

World Championships

World Cup

Individual podiums

Team podiums

Individual rankings

European Cup

Individual podiums

References

External links

* 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Rivne Olympic freestyle skiers for Ukraine Ukrainian female freestyle skiers Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics 21st-century Ukrainian sportswomen {{Ukraine-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub