Olha Polyuk

Olha Polyuk

Personal information
Born	(1987-09-15) September 15, 1987 (age 38) Khmelnytskyi, Ukrainian SSR
Sport
Sport	Skiing
World Cup career
Indiv. podiums	1
Medal record Women's Freestyle skiing Representing  Ukraine Junior World Championships 2006 Krasnoe Ozero Aerials 2007 Airolo Aerials
Updated on January 26, 2022

Olha Yuryivna Polyuk (Ukrainian: Ольга Юріївна Полюк; born September 15, 1987, in Khmelnytskyi) is a Ukrainian retired freestyle skier, specializing in aerials. She competed at the 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022 Winter Olympics.

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] Her last World Cup start was on 19 March 2023 in Almaty where she finished 15th.

She competed at nine World Championships between 2007 and 2023. As after the 2023 event, 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] Her performance was quite poor and she finished 22nd.

Career results

Winter Olympics

Year	Place	Aerials	Team event
2010	Vancouver, Canada	20	—N/a
2014	Sochi, Russia	15
2018	Pyeongchang, South Korea	16
2022	Beijing, China	22	—

World Championships

Year	Place	Aerials	Team event
2007	Madonna di Campiglio, Italy	17	—N/a
2009	Inawashiro, Japan	17
2011	Deer Valley, United States	8
2013	Voss, Norway	16
2015	Kreischberg, Austria	15
2017	Sierra Nevada, Spain	15
2019	Utah, United States	7	—
2021	Shymbulak, Kazakhstan	10	—
2023	Bakuriani, Georgia	9	—

World Cup

Individual podiums

Season	Place	Rank
2021–22	Ruka, Finland	3

Individual rankings

Season	Aerials	Overall
2006–07	20	88
2007–08	20	62
2008–09	13	36
2009–10	21	59
2010–11	10	35
2011–12	10	32
2012–13	13	69
2013–14	24	118
2014–15	11	40
2015–16	17	78
2016–17	15	77
2017–18	19	82
2018–19	8	39
2019–20	missed
2020–21	22	—N/a
2021–22	10
2022–23	9

European Cup

Individual podiums

Season	Place	Rank
2005–06	Minsk, Belarus	2
2009–10	Bukovel, Ukraine	2
2010–11	Ruka, Finland	3
	Bukovel, Ukraine	2
	Bukovel, Ukraine	1
2011–12	Bukovel, Ukraine	2
2012–13	Ruka, Finland	2
	Ruka, Finland	3
2015–16	Ruka, Finland	2
	Ruka, Finland	3
2016–17	Airolo, Switzerland	2
	Airolo, Switzerland	2

Team podiums

Season	Place	Rank
2016–17	Airolo, Switzerland	3

Nor-Am Cup

Individual podiums

Season	Place	Rank
2008–09	Mont Garibel, Canada	1
2018–19	Utah, United States	1
	Utah, United States	2

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.

External links

• Olha Polyuk at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation