Yuliya Galysheva

Yulia Evgenievna Galysheva (Russian: Юлия Евгеньевна Галышева, born 23 October 1992) is a Kazakhstani mogul skier who won three medals at FIS Freestyle Ski World Championships, bronze medal at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic Games and two gold medals at the Asian Winter Games in 2011.

Yulia Galysheva
Galysheva in 2015
CountryKazakhstani
Born (1992-10-23) 23 October 1992
Oskemen, Kazakhstan
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
World Cup career
Seasons2010–
Individual wins4
Indiv. podiums16
Medal record
Women's freestyle skiing
Representing  Kazakhstan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2018 PyeongchangMoguls
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 UtahMoguls
Silver medal – second place2017 Sierra NevadaDual Moguls
Silver medal – second place2021 AlmatyMoguls
Bronze medal – third place2015 KreischbergDual Moguls
Asian Winter Games
Gold medal – first place2011 Astana-AlmatyMoguls
Gold medal – first place2011 Astana-AlmatyDual moguls
Winter Universiade
Gold medal – first place2015 GranadaMoguls
Gold medal – first place2017 AlmatyMoguls
Gold medal – first place2017 AlmatyDual moguls

Athletic career

Yulia Galysheva has competed at international challenges since March 2006. She debuted at the Europa Cup stage in the Russian Saint-Petersburg. She was 21st in mogul and 18th in dual moguls. In 2007, she competed in FIS Freestyle World Ski Championship at the Madonna di Campiglio, where she finished 22nd in moguls and 21st in dual moguls. In February 2008, she placed second in the German Schliersee at the Europa cup's dual mogul. A few days later, she won two gold medals in moguls and dual moguls at the Swiss Engelberg. In 2010, she competed at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, where she finished 11th in moguls. Galysheva got her first World Cup victory at the Meribel and was ahead of Hannah Kearney in the final of dual moguls. In 2011, she won gold medals at the 2011 Asian Winter Games in moguls and dual moguls. In 2011, she also won in the Europa cup stage in Jyväskylä. Next year, she became juniors World champion in moguls. Also, she won a silver medal in dual moguls at the Italian Valmalenco. She has three podiums in the season of 2012/13, which includes 3rd place at the American Deer Valley and 3rd and 2nd places at the Swedish Åre. At the 2015 FIS World Freestyle Championships in Krieschberg, Austria, she won her first world championship medal, a bronze in dual moguls, behind the 2014 and 2010 Olympic champions, Justine Dufour Lapointe (silver) and Hannah Kearney (gold). Two years later, at the world championships in Sierra Nevada, she upgraded to silver, behind gold medalist Perrine Laffont and ahead of bronze medalist Jaelin Kauf.

Galysheva won the first world champion title for Kazakh moguls at the FIS Freestyle skiing and Snowboarding Championships 2019. And her Olympic bronze medal at Pyeongchang 2018 is also historical for Kazakh freestyle skiing because it is the first Olympic medal in this sport for Kazakhstan.

Career highlights

Olympic Games
2018 – PyeongChang 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd, Moguls
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships
2019 – Utah 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st, Moguls
2017 – Sierra Nevada 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd, Dual moguls
2021 – Almaty 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd, Moguls
2015 – Kreischberg 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd, Dual moguls
FIS Junior World Ski Championships
2011 – Jyväskylä 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st, Moguls
2012 – Valmalenco 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st, Moguls
2012 – Valmalenco 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd, Dual moguls
Asian Winter Games
2011 – Almaty 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st, Moguls
2011 – Almaty 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st, Dual moguls
World Cup podiums
2010 – Meribel 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st, Dual moguls
2012 – Beida Lake 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd, Moguls
2013 – Deer Valley 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd, Dual moguls
2013 – Åre 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd, Moguls
2013 – Åre 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd, Dual moguls
2014 – Deer Valley, 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd, Moguls
2014 – Ruka, 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st, Dual Moguls
2016 – Deer Valley, 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd, Moguls
2016 – Deer Valley, 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd, Dual Moguls
2016 – Tazawako, 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd, Dual Moguls
2017 – Thaiwoo, 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd, Moguls
2017 – Thaiwoo 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st, Moguls
2018 – Mont-Tremblant, 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd, Moguls
2018 – Ruka, 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd, Moguls
2018 – Thaiwoo 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd, Moguls
2018 – Calgary 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st, Moguls
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