Bohdana Olehivna Matsotska (, also spelled Bogdana, born August 27, 1989) is an alpine skier from Ukraine. She competed for Ukraine at the 2010 Winter Olympics and was to compete for Ukraine at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Her best result was a 37th place in the slalom, achieved in 2010.
On 19 February 2014 Matsotska refused further participating in the 2014 Winter Olympics in protest against the violent clashes in Ukrainian's capital Kyiv the previous day. She and her father posted a message on Facebook stating "In solidarity with the fighters on the barricades of the Maidan, and as a protest against the criminal actions made towards the protesters, the irresponsibility of the president and his lackey government, we refuse further performance at the Olympic Games in Sochi 2014".
Performances Level Year Event SL GS SG DH SC T JWSC 2008 Formigal, Spain 43 61 70 50 19 JWSC 2009 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany 41 44 AWSC 2009 Val d'Isère, France DNF1 42 33 OLY 2010 Whistler, Canada 37 44 AWSC 2011 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany DNF1 52 38 34 26 AWSC 2013 Schladming, Austria 61 46 DNS1 32
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