Olha Knysh

Olha Knysh
Full nameOlha Knysh
Born (1995-10-06) 6 October 1995 (age 29)
Lviv, Ukraine[1]
Updated on 29 January 2018.

Olha Ihorivna Knysh (Ukrainian: Ольга Ігорівна Книш; born 6 October 1995) is a former female alpine skier from Ukraine. She represented Ukraine at the 2018 Winter Olympics. She participated thrice at World Cup in giant slalom but she didn't manage to qualify for the second run in any race.

Sporting career

Knysh began skiing in September 1998 in Lviv, Ukraine. She also tried tennis, judo and artistic gymnastics but decided to focus on alpine skiing at the age of 14.[2]

Knysh was coached by former Olympian Yuliya Shepilenko who represented Ukraine at the 1998 Winter Olympics.[3]

She represented Ukraine at the 2011 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival and 2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival with her best result being 35th in giant slalom in 2013.

She started at three World Championships between 2015 and 2019. Her best finish was 49th in slalom in 2017.

In 2018, Knysh qualified to represent Ukraine at the 2018 Winter Olympics where she competed in three races and achieved her best result being 43rd in super-G.

Knysh finished her professional sporting career in February 2020. She started to work as ski instructor and fitness coach after retiring from competitive sport.

Career results

Winter Olympics

Year Event SL GS SG DH AC T
2018 South Korea Pyeongchang, South Korea 45 DNF 43

World Championships

Year Event SL GS SG DH AC T
2015 United States Vail/Beaver Creek, United States 55 66
2017 Switzerland St. Moritz, Switzerland 49 58
2019 Sweden Åre, Sweden DNF1 55

Personal life

Knysh graduated from the Lviv State University of Physical Culture.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Львівська гірськолижниця Ольга Книш змагатиметься на ЧС-2015 у США
  2. ^ "Profile at PyeongChang 2018 official web cite". Archived from the original on 2018-02-25. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  3. ^ "Comments by Yuliya Shepilenko who is coach of our alpine skier Olha Knysh". Lviv department of NOC of Ukraine. February 15, 2018. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  4. ^ Львів’яни Ольга Книш та Михайло Карпушин – чемпіони України з гірськолижного спорту
  5. ^ Львівська гірськолижниця Ольга Книш змагатиметься на ЧС-2015 у США
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