Krystyna Filevych

Krystyna Filevych (née Matsko,[3] born 15 June 1991 in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian basketball player for Frankivsk-Prykarpattia and the Ukrainian national team.[4] She was named the best forward of the Ukrainian Women's Super League in the season 2020/21 when she played for Kyiv-Basket.[5]

Krystyna Filevych
Frankivsk-Prykarpattia
PositionForward
LeagueUkraine Women's League
Personal information
Born (1991-06-15) June 15, 1991
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine[1]
NationalityUkrainian
Listed height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Listed weight72 kg (159 lb)
Medals
Representing  Ukraine
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Nantes Women's 3x3
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Baku Women's 3x3

She participated in the EuroBasket Women 2013 as well as in the qualifications for the 2015 tournament.[6]

Matsko became more prominent as a 3x3 basketball player. She is a 2015 European Games silver medallist.[7] After changing her surname to Filevych, she won bronze at the 2017 World Cup and competed at the 2019 World Cup which was not successful for the Ukrainian team. Filevych also competed to qualify the Ukrainian team for the 2020 Summer Olympics but the team did not manage to win a spot at the 2021 Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[8]

Matsko graduated from the Lviv State University of Physical Culture.[9]

References
  1. Ukrainian team at the 2015 European Games. Published by the NOC of Ukraine.
  2. Filevych's profile at the website of the Basketball Federation of Ukraine
  3. БК Франківськ - достроковий чемпіон України у Вищій лізі (жінки), fb.ua, 22 April 2017 (in Ukrainian)
  4. Визначився розширений склад збірної України на перші матчі відбору на Євробаскет-2023, Suspilne, 21 October 2021 (in Ukrainian).
  5. Христина Філевич – найкраща форвардиня баскетбольної Суперліги, Lviv State University of Physical Culture (in Ukrainian).
  6. FIBA's archive
  7. Українські баскетболістки феєрично вийшли у фінал Європейських ігор, Obozrevatel, 26 June 2015 (in Ukrainian).
  8. МРІЯ, ЯКА МОЖЕ ЗДІЙСНИТИСЯ, Олімпійська Арена №8-2020 (in Ukrainian).
  9. Любінець і Філевич допомогли збірній України обіграти Фінляндію, Lviv State University of Physical Culture (in Ukrainian).
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