Olha Yuryivna Polyuk (; 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). 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.
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.
Polyuk was the only Ukrainian in the women's aerials event at the 2018 Winter Olympics. She finished 16th.
In 2022, Olha Polyuk was nominated for her fourth Winter Games in Beijing. Her performance was quite poor and she finished 22nd.
Career results Winter Olympics Year Place Aerials Team event 2010 Vancouver, Canada 20 rowspan=3 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 rowspan=6 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 2088 2007–08 2062 2008–09 1336 2009–10 2159 2010–11 1035 2011–12 1032 2012–13 1369 2013–14 24118 2014–15 1140 2015–16 1778 2016–17 1577 2017–18 1982 2018–19 839 2019–20 2020–21 22rowspan=3 2021–22 10 2022–23 9
European Cup Individual podiums Season Place Rank 2005–06 Minsk, Belarus 2 2009–10 Bukovel, Ukraine 22010–11 Ruka, Finland 3 Bukovel, Ukraine 2 Bukovel, Ukraine 1 2011–12 Bukovel, Ukraine 22012–13 Ruka, Finland 2 Ruka, Finland 32015–16 Ruka, Finland 2 Ruka, Finland 32016–17 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 12018–19 Utah, United States 1 Utah, United States 2
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