Olha Yuryivna Polyuk (; born September 15, 1987, in

Khmelnytskyi Khmelnytskyi (, ) is a city in western Ukraine. Located on the Southern Bug, it serves as the administrative centre of Khmelnytskyi Oblast as well as Khmelnytskyi Raion within the oblast. With a population of Khmelnytskyi is the second-larges ...

) is a Ukrainian

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, specializing in aerials. She competed at the

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, and

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Career

Polyuk started her international career on February 11, 2006, when she debuted at the European Cup and finished 4th in

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. The next day, she achieved the podium at the European Cup in Minsk, finishing 2nd. She competed at two Junior World Championships (in 2006 and 2007), winning bronze medals at both of them. Polyuk made her

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debut on February 25, 2007, in

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, where she finished 13th. Her first World Cup podium came during the 2021–22 season 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 (

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was the winner). She competed at eight

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. As of January 2022, her best World Championships result was 7th in 2019. Polyuk competed at the

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for Ukraine. She placed 20th in the qualifying round of the aerials, failing to advance to the final. Then she also competed at the

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for Ukraine. She placed 15th in the qualifying round of the aerials, failing to advance to the final again. Polyuk was the only Ukrainian in the women's aerials event at the

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. She finished 16th. In 2022, Olha Polyuk was nominated for her fourth

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Career results

Winter Olympics

World Championships

World Cup

Individual podiums

Individual rankings

European Cup

Individual podiums

Team podiums

Nor-Am Cup

Individual podiums

References

External links

* 1987 births Living people Olympic freestyle skiers for Ukraine Freestyle skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine Ukrainian female freestyle skiers 21st-century Ukrainian sportswomen {{Ukraine-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub