Olga Polyuk

Olha Yuryivna Polyuk (Ukrainian: Ольга Юріївна Полюк; born September 15, 1987, in Khmelnytskyi) is a Ukrainian freestyle skier, specializing in aerials. She competed at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics.

Olga Polyuk
Born (1987-09-15) September 15, 1987
Khmelnytskyi, Ukrainian SSR
World Cup career
Indiv. podiums1
Medal record
Women's Freestyle skiing
Representing  Ukraine
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2006 Krasnoe OzeroAerials
Bronze medal – third place2007 AiroloAerials
Updated on January 26, 2022.

Career

Polyuk started her international career on February 11, 2006, when she debuted at the European Cup and finished 4th in Minsk. 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 World Cup debut on February 25, 2007, in Apex, Canada, where she finished 13th. Her first World Cup podium came during the 2021–22 season on December 10, 2021, in Ruka, Finland. It was also the first World Cup event when two Ukrainian female athletes finished in Top-3 (Anastasiya Novosad was the winner).[1]

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

Polyuk competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics for Ukraine. She placed 20th in the qualifying round of the aerials, failing to advance to the final.[2]

Then she also competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Ukraine. She placed 15th in the qualifying round of the aerials, failing to advance to the final again.[3]

Polyuk was the only Ukrainian in the women's aerials event at the 2018 Winter Olympics. She finished 16th.[4]

In 2022, Olha Polyuk was nominated for her fourth Winter Games in Beijing.[5]

Career results

Winter Olympics
YearPlaceAerialsTeam event
2010Canada Vancouver, Canada20—
2014Russia Sochi, Russia15—
2018South Korea Pyeongchang, South Korea16—
2022China Beijing, China22—

World Championships
YearPlaceAerialsTeam event
2007Italy Madonna di Campiglio, Italy17—
2009Japan Inawashiro, Japan17—
2011United States Deer Valley, United States8—
2013Norway Voss, Norway16—
2015Austria Kreischberg, Austria15—
2017Spain Sierra Nevada, Spain15—
2019United States Utah, United States7—
2021Kazakhstan Shymbulak, Kazakhstan10—

Individual podiums
SeasonPlaceRank
2021–22Finland Ruka, Finland3

Individual rankings
SeasonAerialsOverall
2006–072088
2007–082062
2008–091336
2009–102159
2010–111035
2011–121032
2012–131369
2013–1424118
2014–151140
2015–161778
2016–171577
2017–181982
2018–19839
2019–20missed
2020–2122—

Individual podiums
SeasonPlaceRank
2005–06Belarus Minsk, Belarus2
2009–10Ukraine Bukovel, Ukraine2
2010–11Finland Ruka, Finland3
Ukraine Bukovel, Ukraine2
Ukraine Bukovel, Ukraine1
2011–12Ukraine Bukovel, Ukraine2
2012–13Finland Ruka, Finland2
Finland Ruka, Finland3
2015–16Finland Ruka, Finland2
Finland Ruka, Finland3
2016–17Switzerland Airolo, Switzerland2
Switzerland Airolo, Switzerland2

Team podiums
SeasonPlaceRank
2016–17Switzerland Airolo, Switzerland3

Individual podiums
SeasonPlaceRank
2008–09Canada Mont Garibel, Canada1
2018–19United States Utah, United States1
United States Utah, United States2

References
  1. "For the first time, two Ukrainian female freestyle skiers won medals at the World Cup stage". Suspilne. December 10, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  2. "Sports Reference Profile". Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  3. "Freestyle skier from Rivne Olha Polyuk will represent Ukraine at the Winter Games in Sochi". sfera-tv.com.ua. February 7, 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  4. "Olha Polyuk from Khmelnytskyi took part at the 2018 Olympics". ye.ua. February 15, 2018. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  5. "Official list of Ukrainian delegation at the 2022 Winter Games was published". Suspilne. January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 28, 2022.


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