Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Okipniuk (; born 4 September 1998) is a Ukrainian freestyle skier, specializing in aerials. He competed at the 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics.
Career Okipniuk took up freestyle skiing in his hometown Berehove, and his mother was his first trainer.
Okipniuk's debut at international competitions occurred on February 11, 2012, at the European Cup stage in Bukovel, Ukraine, where he was 19th. Aged just 14, he made his World Cup debut one year later, on February 23, 2013, also in Bukovel. He placed 27th. Between 2013, after his World Cup debut, and 2018, he participated at the World Cup competitions only one more time, predominantly taking part in European Cup events. One of the reasons was the back injury he suffered in 2015. He went to Kisvárda, Hungary, to undergo medical treatment. He resumed his training at the end of 2016. Okipniuk competed at five Junior World Championships. He achieved his best result in 2018, finishing 12th in Minsk, Belarus.
He has been a permanent member of the Ukrainian national team since the 2018–19 season. As of December 2025, he has clinched one World Cup victory.Закарпатець Олександр Окіпнюк виграв етап Кубка світу з лижної акробатики в Руці (ФОТО), zakarpattya.net.ua, 7 December 2025 (in Ukrainian).
Okipniuk's World Championships debut was at the 2021 Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He was then 12th in the individual competition. At the next two World Championships, he won a bronze and a silver respectively in the mixed team event.Україна вперше в історії виграла "срібло" змішаних командних змагань ЧС-2025 з лижної акробатики, Suspilne, 27 March 2025 (in Ukrainian).
In 2022, Oleksandr Okipniuk was nominated for his first Winter Games in Beijing. He finished 9th. Ukraine had qualified for the mixed team event but was not allowed by the Chinese authorities to compete due to positive COVID-19 tests by Kotovskyi, Okipniuk, and Novosad.Олімпіада-2022: Командні змагання з фристайлу, до яких не допустили Україну, завершилися сенсацією, Espreso TV, 10 February 2022 (in Ukrainian).
Personal life Okipniuk is student of the sports faculty at the Kamyanets-Podilsky Ivan Ohienko National University.
Career results Winter Olympics Year Place Aerials Team event 2022 Beijing, China 9 — 2026 Milano Cortina 10 6
World Championships Year Place Aerials Team event 2021 Shymbulak, Kazakhstan 12 — 2023 Bakuriani, Georgia 9 3 2025 Engadin, Switzerland 5 2
World Cup Individual podiums Season Place Rank 2025–26 Ruka, Finland 1
Individual rankings Season Aerials Overall 2012–13 46301 2013–14 2014–15 35179 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 40216 2019–20 36215 2020–21 24rowspan=6 2021–22 19 2022–23 21 2023–24 38 2024–25 23 2025–26 18
European Cup Individual podiums Season Place Rank2019–20 Bukovel, Ukraine 1 Bukovel, Ukraine 2 2022–23 Ruka, Finland 1
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